To select, combine and concentrate that which is beautiful in nature and admirable in art is as much the business of the landscape painter in his lin… - J. M. W. Turner

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To select, combine and concentrate that which is beautiful in nature and admirable in art is as much the business of the landscape painter in his line as in the other departments of art.

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About J. M. W. Turner

William Turner RA (baptized 14 May 1775 – 19 December 1851) was a British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling .

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Native Name: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Alternative Names: William Turner James Mallord William Turner Joseph Mallord W. Turner JMW Turner Joseph Mallard William Turner Tzozeph Mallornt Ouilliam Tarner
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It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and confined; namely that which addresses itself to the imagination from that which is solely addressed to the eye.

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