The painting turned out to be a watercolor by the English artist J.M.W. Turner. Born in 1775, Turner is “perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist,” as London’s National Gallery writes.

“Watercolor Horizons” brings together J.M.W. Turner’s luminous works from the collections of the Taft Museum and Cincinnati Art Museum as part of a worldwide celebration of the landscape ...

J.M.W. Turner’s Watercolors In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when J.M.W. Turner was a burgeoning artist of the Romantic era , watercolor was not considered a fine art medium in its own ...