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Who painted it?
Who painted “Sunrise with Sea Monsters”?
“Sunrise with Sea Monsters” was painted by J. M. W. Turner in 1845. Where to see it: National Gallery.
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What to look for
J. M. W. Turner: light and weather dissolving everything: blazing sunsets, storms, steam and sea mist swallowing ships and trains into swirls of colour.
Joseph Mallord William Turner (London, 23 April 1775 – London, 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter and is regarded as one of the greatest British painters of the 19th century. Wikipedia
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More by J. M. W. Turner
- “The Fighting Temeraire”, 1839
- “Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway”, 1843
- “The Slave Ship”, 1840
- “Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps”, 1812
- “Dido building Carthage”, 1815
- “Fishermen at Sea”, 1796
- “The Battle of Trafalgar”, 1823
- “The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons”