The way JMW Turner depicted a storm at sea shocked his contemporaries, and foreshadowed the evolution of abstract art.

Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation ... including the mechanisation of factories and the invention of the steam engine. JMW Turner was a ground-breaking painter whose work ...

Gillian Ayres, one of Britain's leading abstract painters ... and became known for paintings filled with vibrant shapes and colours. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1989 and was made ...

But after the buyer, who wishes to remain anonymous, discovered a hidden inscription of 'W Turner' on the back of the painting, experts managed to confirm its artistry. It is now expected to sell ...

A painting of a Welsh castle by one of the UK's most renowned painters is estimated to sell at auction for up to £50,000. JMW Turner created the watercolour of Chepstow Castle overlooking the ...

J.M.W. Turner's 1839 painting "The Fighting Temeraire" is regularly cited as "one of the nation's greatest treasures", said ...

A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light There is more ... it In the process he created a whole new kind of art The programme examines nine key Turner paintings and shows ...