By Jonathan Shih
J.M.W. Turner painted the world in motion. Trained in architectural drawing but drawn to chaos, he turned seascapes and skies into theatres of light and emotion. His ships were often just specks against vast storms; his sunsets and fires, dissolving worlds of molten colour.
Obsessed with weather and the sublime, Turner sought not to record nature but to experience it; rumour has it he once tied himself to a ship’s mast just to feel the sea’s fury firsthand. His vision transformed landscape into feeling, laying the groundwork for everything from Impressionism to abstraction. The result is a body of work that still hums with atmosphere, where the sky itself seems alive.
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