JMW Turner (1775-1851)
Sunset over Petworth Park, Sussex, c.1828
Photo © National Gallery of Ireland
THIS is January and the Turners are on display at the National Gallery of Ireland for the month. The annual festival of Turner watercolours began in 1901. The Vaughan bequest of watercolours and drawings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) was presented to the gallery in 1900.
In his will the English collector Henry Vaughan (1809-1899) stipulated that the watercolours should be exhibited every year, free of charge, for the month of January. The 31 works cover all periods of the artists career, including topographical scenes and expressive images from later European tours. In 2015 the watercolours are being shown in their original frames to January 31.