We just got back from seeing the J.M.W. Turner art exhibit in Dallas

[derby378]

It's at the Dallas Museum of Art until sometime in May. ginbarn wanted to see Turner's oil and watercolor works, and so we went and got our minds blown. Absolutely gorgeous! It seems like he entered an impressionist period before his death in 1851, and his works during his later years influenced French impressionists, among others.


Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army crossing the Alps, 1812, oil on canvas
Tate Britain, London, Turner Bequest

[Mz Pip]

1. He was amazing

If you already have seen "The Power of Art" with narration by Simon Schama, rent it on Netflix or wherever. There is a segment on Turner that will really blow your mind.

www.bbc.co.uk/arts/powerofart/

[derby378]

2. I'll have to check that out, thanks!

One of the Turner works at the Dallas exhibit that floored me was Temple of Poseidon at Sunion, Cape Colonna. And that was a watercolor?!? Are they kidding me? Seriously, it was phenomenal.

[elleng]

3. Great, wasn't it?

I saw it when it was in DC.

[derby378]

4. You bet!

We were blown away by his use of color. Regulus was a dazzling recreation of the repurcussions of a barbaric Carthaginian punishment. Whoa.