Turner: Northern Exposure Exhibition

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JMW Turner: Northern Exposure Exhibition

The Granary Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed

May – October 2019

 

Works from one of England’s most nenowed Romantic and well-known artists, JMW Turner will be showcased at the Granary Gallery in Berwick-upon-Tweed, from May through to October.  The Northern Exposure Exhibition will be featuring 13 paintings and a couple of sketchbooks, on loan from the Tate Gallery in London.

Turner spent three months sketching in Northumberland, the Lake District and Yorkshire, he started out as an architectural draftsman and visited various castles, abbeys and cathedrals in the North.

Amongst the works on loan from the Tate, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Manchester Art Gallery, will be paintings of Holy Island; Dunstanburgh Castle, near Craster; Warkworth and Norham Castles.  These stunning works of art give an insight into Turner’s impressive and extraordinary visual recollection.

Visitors will have the opportunity to view this wonderful exhibition at The Granary Gallery in Berwick-upon-Tweed from 25th May through to 13th October.  The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday and admission is free.

For more information, go to: www.turnernorthernexposure.co.uk