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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851
J. M. W. Turner - View off Margate, Evening 1840
 View off Margate, Evening |
From The Clark Art Institute Williamstown:
Vigorous brushwork and loosely defined forms are characteristic of Turner’s late work. In this enigmatic painting, a woman and two children, shrouded in mist and sea spray, seem to be gazing at a passing sailboat or at the ghostly hulk of a distant ship. Turner’s companion, Sophia Booth, originally owned the painting and it is probably a view of Margate, the coastal town near London where she lived.