Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851), Venice: The Dogana (Customs Office) and San Giorgio Maggiore, 1834. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection

WASHINGTON, DC.- The largest retrospective ever presented in the United States of the career of J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851), one of the greatest landscape painters in the history of art, premiered at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The exhibition of some 146 works, divided almost evenly between oils and works on paper, will include many masterworks that have never been shown in the United States. Turner's extensive range of subjects—including seascapes, topographical views, historical events, mythology, modern life, and scenes drawn from his own fertile imagination—is represented.
J.M.W. Turner is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington (October 1, 2007–January 6, 2008), the Dallas Museum of Art (February 10–May 18, 2008), and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (June 24–September 21, 2008), in association with Tate Britain, London, which is lending 85 works from its vast and impressive Turner holdings. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21895