JMW Turner: In Light and Shade
Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition will explore the work and technique of legendary British landscape artist JMW Turner.
Presenting a rare opportunity for audiences to see the Liber Studiorum in its entirety for the first time in over 100 years. Turner is renowned for the vitality of his landscape paintings and the Liber Studiorum is a compelling visual manifesto in print, widely regarded as his most ambitious series of landscape engravings. The exhibition will pair Turner鈥檚 evocative Liber prints with a series of Turner鈥檚 watercolours from The Whitworth鈥檚 collection, as well as loaned works from public and private collections. Visitors are invited to explore Turner's artistic legacy and the significance of his prints.
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Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition will explore the work and technique of legendary British landscape artist JMW Turner.
Presenting a rare opportunity for audiences to see the Liber Studiorum in its entirety for the first time in over 100 years. Turner is renowned for the vitality of his landscape paintings and the Liber Studiorum is a compelling visual manifesto in print, widely regarded as his most ambitious series of landscape engravings. The exhibition will pair Turner鈥檚 evocative Liber prints with a series of Turner鈥檚 watercolours from The Whitworth鈥檚 collection, as well as loaned works from public and private collections. Visitors are invited to explore Turner's artistic legacy and the significance of his prints.
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To mark the 250th anniversary of Turner鈥檚 birth, the Whitworth in Manchester 鈥� one of the few institutions in possession of a complete edition of the Liber 鈥� is displaying the work in its entirety for first time in more than a century (7 February鈥�2 November).
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