From 16 February to 22 April 2019, Blenheim Palace will host a temporary Turner exhibition, The Art of Perspective: JMW Turner’s early architectural paintings and engravings.
Visitors will be able to discover the largest collection of Turner Paintings ever to visit Oxfordshire. Works in the collection include Untitled, a view of Oxford from Headington Hill, various Lecture diagrams and many more of Turner’s famous artworks.
Turner painted Blenheim, Oxfordshire in 1833, the aspect depicting the ‘finest view in England’ in his Picturesque Views in England and Wales series. Visitors will be able to see a print of this iconic image at Blenheim Palace.
The paintings will be exhibited in the opulent State Rooms and set amongst the priceless heritage of the Palace. Items from this collection are on loan from the Tate, Ashmoleon Museum and University of Oxford. This is an unmissable opportunity for visitors to see an extensive Turner collection set within the landscape that Turner has painted.
A master of history, landscape and marine painting, Turner challenged the style of the old masters, and was a trailblazer in technique and subject matter. Described as the ‘father of modern art’ by John Ruskin, Turner often shocked his contemporaries with his loose brushwork and vibrant colour palette while portraying the development of the modern world unlike any other artist at the time.
As a result Turner became one of the the most celebrated painters in England and over 150 years later, contemporary artists are celebrated through the Turner Prize.
Admission to the Turner exhibition is included the Palace, Park & Gardens ticket. For more information please visit blenheimpalace.com.
