However, Turner was still recognised as an artistic genius: the influential English art critic John Ruskin described Turner as the artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature."

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851) Although Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, he is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting.

Title: Lifeboat and Manby Apparatus going off to a stranded vessel making signal blue lights of distress , c.1831 Painted by: Joseph Mallord William Turner Year: 1831 Orientation: Landscape Ad: Order a Lifeboat and Manby Apparatus going off to a stranded vessel making signal blue lights of distress , c.1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner Reproduction

Painted by: Joseph Mallord William Turner . Year: 1840 . Orientation: Landscape . Ad: Order a The Slave Ship 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner Reproduction. The Parting Of Hero And Leander From The Greek Of Musaeus . The Vale Of Ashburnham . …

Painted by: Joseph Mallord William Turner . Year: 1794 . Orientation: Portrait . Ad: Order a Inside of Tintern Abbey by Joseph Mallord William Turner Reproduction. The Battle of Trafalgar . A Yorkshire River . Next paintings. A Yorkshire River ; The Evening of the Deluge ...

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Eruption of the Soufriere Mountains in the Island of St. Vincent, 30th April 1812 Oil Painting Reproduction

Painted by: Joseph Mallord William Turner . Year: 1812 . Orientation: Landscape . Ad: Order a Snow Storm, Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps 1812 by Joseph Mallord William Turner Reproduction

Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway 1844 Order a Hand-Painted Reproduction of this Painting

Title: Snow Storm- Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth c. 1842 Painted by: Joseph Mallord William Turner Year: 1842 Orientation: Landscape Ad: Order a Snow Storm- Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth c. 1842 by Joseph Mallord William Turner Reproduction

Joseph Mallord William Turner Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen, 1841 Oil Painting Reproduction