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Film English | by Kieran Donaghy. Homepage | BFI. Turner and the Masters. This unforgettable show places beautiful masterpieces by Canaletto, Rubens, Rembrandt and Titian next to some of J.M.W. Turner's most dramatic paintings. It shines light on a lesser-known side of the British Romantic painter: his obsession to prove he was just as good, if not better, than the old masters who he so admired. Turner was born into a working-class family and relentlessly pursued his ambition to be a great artist, once proclaiming, 'I am the great lion of the day.' He entered into direct competition with artists - past and present – who he considered as worthy rivals to his own fame. In a final act of self-promotion, he asked in his bequest that two of his paintings hang in the National Gallery alongside the work of Claude Lorrain – and you can see these stunning paintings in this exhibition.

Turner also had a great rivalry with John Constable. Natural History Museum. Imperial War Museums. The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Home. The Wallace Collection. The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. V&A Home Page - Victoria and Albert Museum. Dulwich Picture Gallery. British Museum - Welcome to the British Museum. The British Museum Images. The National Gallery, London.

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