"He was a Modern Phenomenon in the Art of Landscape...I could describe to you his pictures by word of mouth but not in black and white. Suffice it to say - he was a singular genius.” - Robert S. Duncanson on J.M.W. Turner . Selections from the excellent and stunning exhibition “Turner’s Modern World” at the @mfaboston . All works are by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) . 1️⃣ The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834, 1835. Oil on canvas. The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2️⃣ Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 3️⃣ Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand), to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water, 1840. Oil on canvas. The Clark Art Institute. 4️⃣ Ancient Italy - Ovid Banished From Rome, about 1838. Oil on canvas. Private collection. 5️⃣ Sheerness as seen from the Nore, 1808. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 6️⃣ Venice, the Bridge of Sighs, about 1840. Oil on canvas. Tate, London. 7️⃣ Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth making Signals in Shallow Water, and going by the Lead. The Author was in this Storm on the Night the Ariel left Harwich, about 1842. Oil on canvas. Tate, London. 8️⃣ The Disembarkation of Louis-Philippe at the Royal Clarence Yard, Gosport, 8 October 1844, about 1844-45. Oil on canvas. Tate, London. 9️⃣ Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore, 1834. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 🔟 Wreckers - Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore, about 1833-34. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . #JMWTurner #JosephMallordWilliamTurner #MFABoston #MuseumofFineArts #MuseumofFineArtsBoston #Museum #Museums #Art #ArtMuseum #ArtMuseums #ArtExhibit #ArtExhibits #ArtExhibition #ArtExhibitions #Boston #BritishArt #BritishArtist #BritishArtists #MuseumExhibition #MuseumExhibitions #MuseumExhibit #MuseumExhibits #Paintings #Artists #LandscapePainting #LandscapePaintings