J M W Turner: Life and Works

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1. Turner is usually referred to by his third name of William. What do the other initials in his name stand for? Joseph Mallord James Mark John Matthew Jonathan Michael

2. Turner was born in which area of London, which is now associated with another field of the arts? Wimbledon Covent Garden Soho Wembley

3. Turner is usually classed as belonging to which artistic movement? Romanticism Cubism Impressionism Baroque

4. Turner's painting 'The Fighting Temeraire' depicts which type of transport? Stagecoach Sailing Ship Canal barge Tram

5. Which fellow artist described Turner in these words: 'he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy'? Joshua Reynolds John Constable Thomas Gainsborough William Blake

6. Before devoting his life to art, Turner considered making a career in which other field? Law Army Church Architecture

7. By the 1840s Turner had fallen out of favour, but was defended by which art critic in his book 'Modern Painters'? Roger Fry Brian Sewell John Ruskin Anthony Blunt

8. First exhibited in 1844 is a painting by Turner of a train. The 'subtitle' is 'The Great Western Railway', but how is it better known? Wind, Smoke and Rail Hail, Engine and Bridge Snow, Coal and Tunnel Rain, Steam and Speed

9. On his death, Turner left his paintings and drawings to which of these? His widow Battersea Dogs' Home Royal Family The nation

10. Turner died in 1851 and is buried in which of these places? St. Paul's Cathedral Highgate Cemetery Westminster Abbey Southwark Cathedral