Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in 1775, and stands among the finest landscape artists in history. He had already been included in exhibition by the time he was in his teens, and by 1807 he was elected "Professor of Perspective" at the Royal Academy.
One fault for which he has been noted is a slight problem with the regulation of vertical convergence. However, Turner was also known for denouncing the unnatural straightness of standard perspective, and perhaps he had reason for the irregularity in some of his depictions.
His last days were very strange indeed: In 1850 he exhibited for the last time. Some time later, Turner disappeared from his house. After many months, his housekeeper finally found him hiding in a house in Chelsea. He had been quite ill it seemed, and he died the following day--December 19, 1851.
As a legacy, Turner left a large fortune in order to help support what he termed as "decaying artists." His entire personal art collection was bequeathed to his country. He was buried in accordance with his requests in St. Paul's Cathedral.
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