Dolbadarn Castle
J. M. W. Turner · 1800
Why it's great
A ruined Welsh castle tower stands on a rock above a lake, with mountains and a stormy sky. Turner painted it when he was 25, and it earned him membership in the Royal Academy. The moody light is dramatic. It's an early landscape masterpiece.
Where to see it
📍 National Library of WalesAberystwyth, United Kingdom
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J. M. W. Turner was born in London, the son of a barber, and became a student at the Royal Academy at just 14. He traveled across Britain and Europe, painting storms, ships, and sunsets in swirling light and color. He called the sky his subject, and his late paintings are almost abstract. He left thousands of works to the British nation when he died in London in 1851.
