J.M.W. Turner — The Sunshine Boy
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection
Venice: The Dogana (Customs Office) and San Giorgio Maggiore, 1834
oil on canvas
Turner adored Venice and why wouldn't he? It's an entire city built on his favorite substance, water, where the buildings can seem to dematerialize in their own watery reflections. He first visited in 1819 and returned repeatedly.
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