J.M. W. TURNER MAKES ME WONDER - J.M. W. TURNER ME FAIT RÉFLÉCHIR
English Version - *version française dessous* J.M. W. TURNER MAKES ME WONDER Samuel Courtauld was a British industrialist who started collecting Impressionist art in the early 1900s. The Courtauld Collection resides at Somerset House in London and I encourage you to visit if you ever pass through that great city ( https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery ). The paintings from the Courtauld Collection inspired me to start painting in 1989. More specifically, Degas and Monet were the first two artists that moved me to start painting. Later, I learned about Renoir, Manet, Pissarro, Cassatt and other wonderful Impressionists. It was fun to learn about their lives and the dynamic relationships they had with each other. A few years later I discovered the British artist J.M.W. Turner. His seascapes really moved me. He passed away in 1851 well before Impressionism became a movement and after studying his work, I have long wondered whether Turner was the true father of the Impression