↳Painters you should love- J.M.W Turner “Painter of Light”
April 23, 1775: J.M.W. Turner is born.
[Turner] became known as ‘the painter of light’, because of his increasing interest in brilliant colours as the main constituent in his landscapes and seascapes.

The Lady of Shalott, William Holman Hunt, with Edward Robert Hughes, 1886-1905, Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut

Phedre (detail) by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
oil on canvas, 1880