The Fighting Temeraire

Date: 1839
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: National Gallery, London, UK

The painting The fighting Temeraire was painted by Turner in 1839. It shows a sailing battleship famous for the Battle of Trafalgar being towed by a steamer to the docks for dismantling. The painting shows a symbolic clash of the new and the old. The beginning of a new age represents the arrival of the age of steam (a steamship pulling a retired, albeit famous, battleship). The original can be found in the National Gallery London.

Turner painted picture The Fighting Temeraire in 1839. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in National Gallery, London, UK. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). English Romantic landscape painter. His style laid the foundations for Impressionism. In his time, he was considered a controversial artist, today, he is recognized for his approach to landscape painting. He worked with light (he used to be known as the painter of light). He also masterfully painted with watercolours. An example of his refined style, which influenced the French impressionists, is his Rain, Steam, Speed, in which he hinted at the form objects and plot of the painting using only the mixing of colours. A very similar work is also Fighting Temeraire (a battleship that rose to fame in the Battle of Trafalgar) from 1839, in which the famous ship pulls into the steamer docks for dismantling.