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Calais Pier
Joseph Mallord William Turner
1803 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 172 × 240 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Based on an actual even experienced by Turner during one of his early travels in which his boat was nearly sunk during a storm off of the coast of Calais.
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About this artwork
Calais Pier (1803) by Joseph Mallord William Turner, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.
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