Painting Explorers - Episode 6 (The Fighting Temeraire)
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In Episode 6 The Sunflowers have been taking a look at Turner's The Fighting Temeraire! Joseph Mallord William Turner was a really famous artist who lived from 1775 - 1851. He was especially famous for his paintings of dramatic skies and weather. He even went on trains and ships to study the movement of the sky and how to create it using paint! 
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