Turner “The British Master of Landscape Painting”
Kobe City Museum
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Born in 18th century London J.M.W Turner showed artistic genius from an early age, becoming known as a gifted watercolorist in his mere teens and going on to prove his mastery as he developed into oil painting, earning himself membership of the esteemed Royal Academy at 26 years of age. In his mature period he continued to question approaches to landscape depiction, capturing all the tempestuousness of nature in his moody shades, while the work of his last years was infused with the light and color of a dream like world. The influence of this great artist upon the likes of Claude Monet and the French impressionists is well documented, while in Japan he is also famed as the most respected artist of Soseki Natsume. This exhibition gathers an impressive array of 30 oil paintings amongst 113 examples of his work, including sketches and watercolors, as loaned from the leading collection of the British Tate gallery.
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Opening Lecture
Date: 11th January(Sat) 14:00-15:30
Lecturer: Ian Worrel (Art Historian, Former Curator of the Tate) *With translation
*For information on further events please refer to the museum website
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Schedule
from January 11, 2014 at 9:30 to April 06, 2014 at 17:30
Until 19:00 on Saturdays and Sundays (last admission 18:30), closed on Mondays (although open on 13th January and closed on 14th January)