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Who painted “Fishermen at Sea”?

“Fishermen at Sea” was painted by J. M. W. Turner in 1796. Where to see it: Tate.

Fishermen at Sea — J. M. W. Turner

Romanticism

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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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