THE TURNER MUSEUM – 100 SHOWSTOPPERS
Showstopper = ‘Something exceptionally arresting and attractive’
2009
List of exhibitions, on view now marked ***, in preparation ** and planned *
2009-2113
*** 1. Beautiful Scotland, Princely J.M.W. Turner and Sir Walter Scott
Three from the series: Birth of an Engraving – Genius Unfolding
*** 2. Sowing of Grain – A Scene in the Autumn – extremely rare proof set
*** 3. Pope’s Villa – progressive proofs - 1 of only 2 sets [out of 3] presently traceable
*** 4. Dunwich – Lightning strikes! – a unique set of progressive proofs.
* 5. Three Powerful Allegories [ incl. Crossing the Brook - unique annotated proof]
** 6. Rockets and Blue Lights – progressive proofs, 1 of only 2 sets presently traceable
*** 7. Introducing J.M.W. Turner to Florida – our 30th Anniversary Retrospective
*** 8. Hokusai and J.M.W. Turner – Two Great Waves – a unique pairing
***9. J.M.W. Turner and Renoir – 2 Forepaws, 2 painters and 2 noble women
***10. J.M.W. Turner and Henri Matisse – Guest curator: Prof. Selby Whittingham
***11. J.M.W. Turner and the Sublime – Curator: Isis Marina Graham
** 12. J.M.W. Turner in Italy – Our salute to Italy & the National Galleries of Scotland
** 13. J.M.W. Turner & Thomas Moran, first ever such pairing, our first show, 1970’s
** 14. Thomas Moran & J.M.W. Turner - Mountainous Masterworks
*15. J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Moran in Venice
*16. J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Moran in Switzerland
*17. J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Moran in Scotland
*18. J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Moran at sea
**19. Flights of Fantastic Fancies – Four unknown J.M.W. Turner masterworks on paper
*20. J.M.W. Turner – The Rivers of England
*21. J.M.W. Turner – The Ports of England
*22. J.M.W. Turner – The Horrors of War
*23. J.M.W. Turner – Extremely rare hunting scenes on paper
*24. J.M.W. Turner and Sir Walter Scott revisited – The Prose Works
*25-29. J.M.W. Turner’s Liber Studiorum – Five Masterclasses for Artists
*30. J.M.W. Turner – Unpublished masterworks – The Little Liber
*31. J.M.W. Turner – Sussex – Playground of the Rich and Powerful
*32-34. Hokusai and J.M.W. Turner – 12 views of Mount Fuji & England and Wales
*35. J.M.W. Turner – An Early Tour of Italy with Hakeville
*36. Thomas Moran and J.M.W. Turner – Fireworks
*37. J.M.W. Turner – The Southern Coast of England
*38. J.M.W. Turner - Perils and Disasters at Sea – The Deluge
**The Grandiose J.M.W. Turner Rivers of France Project -
each with up to 12 or more exhibits – with a total of more than 600 exhibits
39. Introduction – Our first exhibition – New York - 1956
The Loire in 1833
40. Nantes 41. Orleans 42. Beaugency 43. Blois 44. Palace at Blois 45. Amboise 46. Chateau of Amboise 47.
Canal of the Loire & Cher 48. Tours 49. St Julien’s, Tours 50. Tours – Looking Backward 51. Saumur 52. Rietz,
near Saumur 53. Montjen 54. St. Florent 55. Between Clairmont & Mauves 56. Chateau Hamelin 57. Scene on the
Loire 58. Clairmont 59. Coeaux de Mauves 60. Chateau de Nantes
The Seine in 1834
61. Light Towers of the Heve 62. Havre 63. Havre, Tower of Francis I 64. Graville 65. Harfleur 66. Tancarville 67.
Chateau de Tancarville 68. Lillebonne, Chateau & Tower 69. Lillebonne, Chateau 70. Caudebec 71. Jumieges 72.
La Chaise de Gargantua 73. Rouen, looking up the River 74. Rouen, looking down the river 75. Rouen Cathedral
+ Nine Views by Claude MONET 76. Rouen, from St. Catherine’s Hill 77. Chateau de la Mailleraie 78. Between
Quilleboeuf & Villequier 79. Qilleboeuf + several versions in oil 80. Honfleur.
The Seine in 1835
81. Chateau Gaillard, from the South 82. Chateau Gaillard, from the East 83. Vernon 84. Pont de l’Arche 85. View
of the Seine, between Mantes & Vernon 86. Mantes 87. Bridge of Meulan 88. St. Germains 89. Saint Denis 90.
Bridges of St. Cloud & Sevres 91. The Lanterne at St. Cloud 92. Bridge of St. Cloud from Sevres 93. Paris from
the Barriere de Passy 94. Pont Neuf, Paris 95. Marche aux Fleures & Pont au Change 96. Hotel de Ville 97.
Boulevards, Paris 98. Confuence of the Seine & the Marne 99. Melun 100. Troyes
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