Visual Art Currently Hanging
posted by on June 24 at 10:33 AM
J.M.W. Turner’s The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 (1835), oil on canvas, 36 1/4 by 48 1/2 inches
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York through Sept. 21. (I wish I had a trip planned. Instead, I’ll have to rely on the spectacularly overwrought Simon Schama episode.)
It would not surprise me in the least to learn that heaven looks exactly the same as standing in the Clore galleries, at Tate Britain, amongst the late-period Turners. One of the greatest artists ever to have lived.
Agreed, JTC! I heart JMWT.
Timeless. Just a great painting.
Yay! An awesome exhibit was put together here a few years ago, focused on industrial-urban landscapes by Whistler, Turner, and Monet. Gorgeous.
I like the ones with train smoke in them better, but this is nice.
@Fnarf - I have a framed print of Rain, Steam and Speed on my wall that I bought at the National Gallery. So, yeah, agreed.
In the little-known Taft Museum in Cincinnati is a JMW Turner, Europa & the Bull, that consists of little but orange steam. It is what keeps me sane when I go back to visit my family.
http://preview.theartsnetwork.net/turner_edu/images/06m.jpg
I feel like it's MY Turner.
I saw the exhibit in Dallas in May. If you can get there it is well worth the trip. It is overwhelming.
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