‘A standout figure’: UK to mark JMW Turner’s 250th birthday with year of events

Walton Bridges (1806). Four of Turner’s paintings of the bridges will be displayed together for the first time in Norwich. Photograph: Norfolk Museums Service

He is considered to be the one of the greatest and most influential British artists of all time, who travelled the length and breadth of the country to capture some of its most dramatic scenery.

Now, 250 years after the birth of JMW Turner, cultural institutions in Britain have announced a year-long festival of special exhibitions and events to celebrate the man and his work.