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This is the visit to the Turner exhibition at the Prado Museum in Madrid

Since June 22 you have the opportunity to visit the exposure “Turner and the Masters” in the Museo del Prado de Madrid, which is undoubtedly one of the major cultural events of summer in Madrid.

If you plan a tourist trip to Madrid, this exhibition dedicated to the prestigious English painter JMWTurner, one of the great masters of landscape painting, icon of the romantic tradition and precursor of impressionism, you can visit it until the September 19.

La exposure “Turner and the Masters” of the Prado Museum in Madrid presents 80 works, mostly by Turner, but also by other artists such as Rembrandt, Rubens or Claudio de Lorraine, from whom Turner initially collected his influence and with whom he showed a great bond in his later pictorial periods.

La Turner exhibition which is now shown in Madrid is the result of collaboration between the Tate Britain in London, the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Prado Museum. and it has previously been presented in the aforementioned London museum and in the Grand Palais in Paris.

Turner exhibition at the Prado Museum in Madrid
Turner exhibition at the Prado Museum in Madrid

Among the latests Moravia's compositions Big works that can be seen in the Turner exhibition In the Prado Museum in Madrid, you will find his masterpieces Shadow and darkness: the afternoon of the Flood, Light and color (Goethe's theory): the morning after the Flood y Peace. Burial at sea, which have not been seen before in the other exhibitions.

On the occasion of this exhibition, in July and August there is a Extended hours at the Prado Museum.

Likewise, to avoid queues when visiting the Turner exhibition, it is advisable to do the advance ticket purchase, which you can carry out through the web www.entradaprado.com, or by phone 902107077.

With the advance purchase of tickets you will be able to select a date and time of access to the exhibition, between the hours 9 and 21 in July and August, and until 19 p.m. in June and September. Furthermore, while the ticket price at the box office is 10 euros, by purchasing in advance you save one euro.

Likewise, you can benefit from reduced price of 4,5 euros or free entry to the Turner exhibition, and also participate in free guided tours on specific dates and times.

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José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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