Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour Mouth
ArtistJ.M.W. Turner
Year1842
MediumOil on canvas
LocationTate Britain, London
About Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour Mouth
Turner claimed he had himself tied to a mast during a storm for four hours to observe it. A steam boat struggles in a swirling vortex of snow and water. The critics were baffled. Turner was pushing painting toward abstraction decades before anyone else.
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