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J.M.W. Turner

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The Resume

    (April 25, 1775-December 19, 1851)
    Born in Cambridge, United Kingdom
    Birth name is Joseph Mallord William Turner
    Painted 'The Sun Rising Through Vapor,' 'The Battle of Trafalgar,' 'Eruption of Vesuvius,' 'Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus,' 'The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons,' 'The Fighting Temeraire' and 'Rain, Steam and Light'

Why he might be annoying:

    He favored catastrophic subjects such as shipwrecks.
    He went to watch the burning of the British parliament so he could paint it.
    He fathered two daughters out of wedlock.
    He became increasingly reclusive and eccentric as he aged.
    Britain's Turner Prize, founded in 1984, is often controversial.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His mother was institutionalized.
    He was admitted to the Royal Academy at age 14 and had his own studio by age 18.
    His light-filled paintings prefigured French impressionism.
    He left his work to the British public.
    'The Fighting Temeraire' was voted Britain's best painting in a BBC poll (2005).

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 36.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 37.93% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 250 Votes: 60.80% Annoying