Luminous Horizons: Celebrating the Legacy of J.M.W. Turner
In honor of J.M.W. Turner’s 250th birthday, Newfields presents Luminous Horizons: Celebrating the Legacy of J.M.W. Turner, with works from The Indianapolis Museum of Art's important Turner collection.
Turner remains one of the most influential artists in history, revolutionizing landscape painting as a genre. His expressive brushwork laid the groundwork for the development of modernism, and he was among a group of artists who turned watercolor into a standalone art form. Luminous Horizons will present 17 landscape watercolors and drawings by Turner.
The museum began collecting watercolors by Turner and his contemporaries over a century ago, but its current scope and renown is due to the efforts of Kurt F. Pantzer (1892–1979), an Indianapolis attorney and collector who was devoted to all things related to Turner.
This exhibition is curated by Anna Stein, Associate Curator of Works on Paper.
Advance tickets recommended but not required
Included with General Admission and free for Members
Curator Talk with Marty Krause: J.M.W Turner
Join Newfields Curator Emeritus Marty Krause for a talk about the newly opened exhibition, Luminous Horizons: Celebrating the Legacy of J.M.W. Turner. Turner transformed landscape painting with sweeping skies, turbulent seas, and radiant color. Krause will explore Turner’s bold use of light and atmosphere, his fascination with nature’s power, and his lasting influence on artists.
This exhibition is made possible with the support of
Individual support was provided by:
Margaret Wiley
Monna Quinn and David Spoelstra
Additional support was provided in memory of Linda Halcomb by:
The Halcomb Family
An Anonymous Donor
Photo Credit:
Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851), Venice: The Rialto, 1820-1821, watercolor over pencil on white wove paper, 11-1/4 × 16-1/4 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo O. Pantzer by their children, 72.183.
James B. Pyne (British, 1800–1870), Valley of the Rhone with the City and Citadel of Sion, in Switzerland, 1853, watercolor and gouache on off-white paper, 13-1/4 × 20 in. (sheet). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Bequest of Grace Ritchie, 2000.194.
