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Wednesday, 11 May 2016 13:45

The Met Brings Together J.M.W. Turner’s Whaling Paintings

A self-portrait by J.M.W. Turner. A self-portrait by J.M.W. Turner. Wikipedia

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting the first exhibition to unite J.M.W. Turner’s whaling paintings. Created toward the end of the English artist’s career, the works are among Turner’s final seascapes. One of the works, Whalers, belongs to the Met, while the other three paintings have been loaned to the institution by Tate Britain. Turner’s Whaling Pictures will remain on view through August 7.

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