ART SPEAKS

JMW Turner: Master of the Light of Nature and Man

January 8, 2026
5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Art Speaks: JMW Turner: Master of the Light of Nature and Man

This year, the 250th birthday of JMW Turner, perhaps Britain's most celebrated and influential painter, is being celebrated all over the world with special exhibitions at museums from London to Houston to Singapore. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born at a time of seismic change in Britain, as the Industrial Revolution swept away the bucolic agrarian society and replaced it with machines and industry. Turner's art documents and reflects this profound change in the country, as the age of sail was replaced by the age of steam. It was a time when audiences were fascinated by the Sublime - the immense and awesome power of nature, at times breathtakingly beautiful, at times terrifying - and man's place in it. Turner's work - his skies, his depictions of seas and storms, and his ability to paint with light - reflects this fascination, as well as man's struggle to harness and overcome the forces of nature through his ingenuity.

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January 8, 2026
5:00 pm
Speaker:
Martin Randall
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Martin Randall

Martin was born in London, England. His mother, an artist herself, took him to the art galleries in London from a young age, and here he learned to love art. After a career in Silicon Valley, California, designing microchips (one of which is now on Mars), he and his wife retired to Tucson, Arizona. In addition to giving his art history lectures with Tucson Art Talks, he also volunteers at the art galleries at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Tohono Chul, and gives tours at Kitt Peak National Observatory. He also directs the Balinese gamelan orchestra GAMELAN DEWI MALAM which performs regularly at various venues around Tucson. When he's not creating new Art Talks, he loves to travel.

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the fighting temeraire 1839 joseph mallord william turner
Art Speaks: JMW Turner: Master of the Light of Nature and Man

JMW Turner: Master of the Light of Nature and Man

January 8, 2026
5:00 pm
-
6:00 pm

This talk turns to Turner's art documents and reflects this profound change in the country, as the age of sail was replaced by the age of steam.

Members:
$5.00
General Admission:
$10.00
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January 8, 2026 5:00 PM
January 8, 2026 6:00 PM
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This talk turns to Turner's art documents and reflects this profound change in the country, as the age of sail was replaced by the age of steam.

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