Turner: In Light and Shade
Exhibition
Marking the 250th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition will explore the work and technique of legendary British landscape artist J.M.W Turner at the Whitworth Art Gallery.
J.M.W Turner (1775–1851) remains one of Britain’s most renowned landscape painters whose work continues to inspire generations of artists. This exhibition explores his most remarkable but overlooked series of landscape prints, the Liber Studiorum. Translating as ‘Book of Studies’ and published in fourteen parts from 1807–19, Turner created the series at the height of his fame.
The exhibition will pair Turner’s evocative Liber prints with a series of Turner’s watercolours from the Whitworth’s collection, as well as loaned works from public and private collections. Visitors are invited to explore Turner’s artistic legacy and the significance of his prints.
Last presented at the Whitworth over 100 years ago and marking 250 years since his birth, this exhibition presents all seventy-one of Turner’s published prints. Offering a fresh perspective on Turner. Together they show how the artist’s use of colour and atmospheric effects in painting were reimagined in print using line, tone and negative space.
This exhibition is supported by the Manchester Accommodation BID.
The Manchester Accommodation BID has provided crucial support for the J.M.W Turner: In Light and Shade exhibition at the Whitworth in Manchester. The Accommodation BID receives and manages funds derived from the £1 charge levied on guests visiting Manchester overnight, using the funds to promote and amplify events and activities that bring more people to visit and stay.