VII Международная студенческая научная конференция Студенческий научный форум - 2015

My paper is aimed at exploring the life and creative activities of the great English painter Joseph Mallord William Turner.

Joseph Turner is one of the outstanding representatives of british painting, who lived in XIX centuries. He was especially famous for English Romantic landscape.

In my paper I’m going to touch upon the following points:

• The main stages and events of his life

• The main periods of Turner’s creative activities

• The main pictures and where exhibition

My paper is accompanied by a power-point presentation which consist of 25 PC slides, of 15 illustration, of my speech, of 15 questions on the theme suggested:

1. When was Joseph Mallord William Turner born?

2. Who were his parents?

3. Did Joseph Turner have a little sister or brother?

4. Many early sketches by Turner were architectural studies and/or exercises in perspective were they not?

5. Who was Turner’s teacher in the end of 1789?

6. How did Turner call him?

7. What year did Turner exhibit his first oil painting?

8. What countryes in Europe did Turner visit in 1802?

9. Who was a close friend of Turner?

10. Was Joseph Turner ever married

11. Did Joseph Turner have children?

12. Where did Turner die?

13. What were his last words?

14. Turner is one of the greatest masters of British watercolour landscape painting, isn't he?

15. What pictures of Turner do you know?

and references:

1. "Joseph Mallord William Turner". National Gallery. Retrieved 2014-09-03.

2. Hamilton, James (2007). Turner. New York: Random House. Chapter 1. ISBN 978-0-8129-6791-3.

3. Wilton, Andrew (2006). Turner in his time (New ed.). London: Thames & Hudson. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-500-23830-1

4. Butlin, Martin; Joll, Evelyn (1984). The paintings of J.M.W. Turner (Rev. ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-03276-5.

5. Roberts, Miquette. "The Unknown Turner". Tate. Retrieved 14 July 2014

My work was listened and approved of university class at 23th of December .

My paper is supposed to be used in the course of teaching English as a foreign language. It may be used at classes of practical English for university spectiolary in linguistics, museum study.

I think Turner is one of the greatest masters of British watercolor landscape painting. He is commonly known as "the painter of light" and his work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism.

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