Turner wasn’t an impressionist, and he didn’t make impressionist works. He died about the time the impressionists were born. The invention of the camera had mo

Turner wasn’t an impressionist, and he didn’t make impressionist works. He died about the time the impressionists were born. The invention of the camera had more to do with the transition away from realism than anything else. It’s not mentioned in the article. Smog in the air would have been accurately represented in any artist’s work. It’s interesting that the paintings agree with climate science about the air quality in the area, but trying to say it had a significant influence on the style seems wrong to me. The school of style isn’t particularly focused on landscapes or the sky. Degas’s ballerinas, for example, are indoors.