M. IvanovaGroup 751

Presented the contemporary society with the paradoxes of English Romantic Art.

First works of art were topographical in character.

Made his career under the aegis of the Royal Academy.

(1775-1851)

Studies of light, colour and atmosphere.

An insight into the nature of the sea.

Impressionists took him for a model.

1803 “Calais Pier” National Gallery

1805 “The Shipwreck” The Tate Gallery

1823 “The Bay of Baiae, with Apollo and

the Sibyl” The Tate Gallery

1829 “Ulysses deriding Polyphemus” National Gallery

1844 “Rain, Steam and Speed” National Gallery

1835 “Burning of the Houses of Parliament” The Tate Gallery

The reflection of the artist’s faith in the future of the country.

Served as a model for the Impressionists.