2. Presented the
contemporary society with
the paradoxes of English
Romantic Art.
First works of art were
topographical in (1775-1851)
character.
Made his career under the
aegis of the Royal
Academy.
3. Studies of light, colour and
atmosphere.
An insight into the nature of the sea.
Impressionists took him for a model.
4.
5. 1803 1805
“Calais Pier” “The Shipwreck”
National Gallery The Tate Gallery
6. 1823 1829
“The Bay of Baiae, with Apollo and “Ulysses deriding Polyphemus”
the Sibyl” National Gallery
The Tate Gallery
7. 1844
1835
“Rain, Steam and Speed”
“Burning of the Houses of Parliament”
National Gallery
The Tate Gallery
8. The reflection of the
artist’s faith in the future
of the country.
Served as a model for the
Impressionists.
