The River Thames and the landscapes around it in Richmond, Twickenham and Windsor feature in many of the paintings by the artist Joseph Mallord William Turner, considered to be the greatest and most influential British artist of all time.
Turner 250 is a year-long festival of events and exhibitions to mark the 250th anniversary since the birth of JMW Turner on 23 April 1775.
The Thames Path National Trail passes Tate Britain on Millbank in central London, which has the world’s largest free display of Turner’s work.
Follow our ‘In Turner’s Footsteps’ circular walk from the Thames Path in Twickenham to visit Turner’s House in Sandycoombe Road, which he designed as a retreat from his busy studio in Chelsea, and where he lived between 1813 and 1826.
From the Thames Path step onto The Embankment to visit Twickenham Museum and see Turner’s paintings of his favourite riverside haunts including Brentford, Isleworth, Hammersmith and Twickenham where he sketched, painted, rowed and fished.
Turner 250 https://www.tate.org.uk/art/turner-250
Turner’s House https://turnershouse.org/
Twickenham Museum https://twickenham-museum.org.uk/
