Roger, I have just found at 'The Athenaeum' two works by Turner that somehow prove my point - i.e they go from a most beautiful and idyllic but pretty conventional watercolor of 1926 (which shows that he in no way had lost his skills) to a no-less beautiful but decidedly impressionist, almost pointillist, one (it took him four years! to complete) after several less fortunate (or possibly incomplete?) attempts in oil (for example his Dead on a White Horse, an oil on canvas that you may find here). I am adding yet another beautiful but equally conventional watercolor below them (to further reinforce my view?).
William Turner - Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland (for Picturesque Views of England and Wales) (watercolor on paper, 1826)
William Turner - Scene on the Loire (watercolor on paper, 1826-1830)
William Turner - Rodhes (for "Lord Byron Works") (watercolor on paper, 1823-1824)
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