Balancing Wanderlust with Stay-at-Home: Two Works by JMW Turner
English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner found endless inspiration in his travels. On his journeys through the United Kingdom and Europe, Turner filled hundreds of sketchbooks with tens of thousands of drawings and watercolor sketches. Back in his studio, he used this material—along with his memory and imagination—to create detailed oil paintings and watercolors. The Taft Museum of Art has brilliant examples of both in its collection.