The Fighting Temeraire
Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Year Composed: 1838
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: United Kingdom
Floor Found in Château: First Floor
Year Composed: 1838
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: United Kingdom
Floor Found in Château: First Floor
About the Artwork
Shortened from its full title of The Fighting Temeraire, Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up, 1838 to just The Fighting Temeraire, Joseph Mallord William Turner depicts the HMS Temeraire as one of the last of its types of ships which participated in the Battle of Trafalgar. Turner shows the sunset on the ocean as a tugboat is pulling the large vessel to where it will last make port before being broken up for scrap and recycled material. The sunset and clouds in the atmosphere behind the two ships is symbolic of the "sunset" of the HMS Temeraire as her last couple of hours as an entire ship. In 2005, Turner's painting was voted as the nation's favorite work of painting within the United Kingdom.
About the Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner, better known as J.M.W. Turner, was born in London and became one of the leading British Romantic painters of the 19th Century (or of the 1800s). He was known for his turbulent, fluid, rambunctious landscape and maritime scenes, as seen within his paintings such as his Fishermen at Sea (1796), Calais Pier (1801), and his Raby Castle (1817). The technical ability of Turner is shown within the precise depictions of objects and figures within his paintings, yet the Romantic appeal carries through each work as the rendered atmosphere, fluid brushstrokes, and captivating lighting enhance the emotion and drama of each scene.
About the Movement
The Fighting Temeraire was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Shortened from its full title of The Fighting Temeraire, Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up, 1838 to just The Fighting Temeraire, Joseph Mallord William Turner depicts the HMS Temeraire as one of the last of its types of ships which participated in the Battle of Trafalgar. Turner shows the sunset on the ocean as a tugboat is pulling the large vessel to where it will last make port before being broken up for scrap and recycled material. The sunset and clouds in the atmosphere behind the two ships is symbolic of the "sunset" of the HMS Temeraire as her last couple of hours as an entire ship. In 2005, Turner's painting was voted as the nation's favorite work of painting within the United Kingdom.
About the Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner, better known as J.M.W. Turner, was born in London and became one of the leading British Romantic painters of the 19th Century (or of the 1800s). He was known for his turbulent, fluid, rambunctious landscape and maritime scenes, as seen within his paintings such as his Fishermen at Sea (1796), Calais Pier (1801), and his Raby Castle (1817). The technical ability of Turner is shown within the precise depictions of objects and figures within his paintings, yet the Romantic appeal carries through each work as the rendered atmosphere, fluid brushstrokes, and captivating lighting enhance the emotion and drama of each scene.
About the Movement
The Fighting Temeraire was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: National Gallery, London, United Kingdom