Supervised by Dr Amy Concannon, Manton Senior Curator, Historic British Art, Tate Britain; Dr Nicole Cochrane, Assistant Curator, Historic British Art, Tate Britain; Dr Richard Johns, History of Art, University of York; Dr Jeremy Melius, Lecturer, History of Art, University of York.
October 2026 –
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Stormy Sea with Dolphins c.1835–40
Oil paint on canvas
Support: 902 × 1213 mm
Frame: 1124 × 1435 × 70 mm
Tate N04664
The early decades of the twentieth century were a turning point in the eventful afterlife of JMW Turner. As New York solidified its place as an international centre for contemporary art, Turner was reimagined as a harbinger of modern painting. How were those two moments related? This project asks how the international art market, private collectors and art museums reinvented Turner for a new century. In doing so, it seeks to understand the institutional, economic and aesthetic factors that continue to shape our reception of the artist’s work today.
About Amy DeLaBruere
Amy DeLaBruere is an art historian and museum professional whose research focuses on transatlantic connections and the intersection of visual art and literary culture in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, with particular attention to works on paper and archives. She holds an MA in History of Art & Architecture from Boston University, and a BA with honors in History of Art and English Literature from Yale University. She has held positions at the Yale Center for British Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston University Art Galleries, and the Yale University Art Gallery.