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William Turner (12 November
1789 – 7 August 1862) was an English painter who specialised in
watercolour landscapes. He was a contemporary of the more famous
artist J. M. W. Turner and his style was not dissimilar. He is often
known as William Turner of Oxford or just Turner of Oxford to
distinguish him from his better known namesake. Many of Turner's
paintings depicted the countryside around Oxford. One of his best
known pictures is a view of the city of Oxford from Hinksey Hill.
In 1895 the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford held a retrospective exhibition
of his work. Some of his paintings are still on permanent display at
the museum. In 1984 the Oxfordshire County Council presented his work
in an exhibition at the Oxfordshire County Museum in Woodstock. His
paintings are also held in national and international collections, for
example at the Tate Gallery (London, UK), the Metropolitan Museum of
Art (New York City, U.S.) and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (New
Zealand). |
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