War: The Exile and the Rock Limpet, 1842
Late Turner – Painting Set Free is Tate Britain's newest exhibition, showcasing J.M.W. Turner's work created between 1835 and his death in 1851. Being one of Britain's most celebrated artists, we are most excited about getting a closer look at some of his magnificent paintings of London.
The exhibition begins in the year that Turner reached 60, and closes with his last exhibits at the Royal Academy. With 180 works sourced from the UK and overseas, the aim is to redefine ideas of one of Britain’s greatest and best-loved painters, challenging the myths, assumptions and interpretations that have grown around his later work.
Ancient Rome; Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus (pictured above) has been lauded as one of the exhibition's highlights due to its visual magnificence. The painting has also been reunited with Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino (pictured below), having been first exhibited together in 1839.
Throughout the exhibition, Turner is revealed as a painter as distinguished by the broad scope of his knowledge and imagination as he was by his radical and exploratory techniques, processes and use of materials.
The show brings together major series' of works including a group of unusual square pictures, casting a light on his innovative techniques.
Regulus, 1837
Late Turner is running until 25 January 2015, with a host of special events, talks and lectures taking place within its duration.
Tate Britain
Millbank
London
W1P 4RG