Art Worth Waiting For
Find the missing words in the article. use only one word for each space.
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Several major newspapers recently reported (1)
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a masterpiece painted by J M W Turner is finally going to (2) ___ be
exhibited in Manchester. As it turns out, the oil painting, entitled Rockets and Blue Lights, has (3)
___ a history as controversial as that of the artist
(4) ___ who created it. J M W Turner, more commonly referred (5) ___ to as
Turner, was born in London in 1775. A largely self-taught artist, Turner (6) ___
would walk up to 25 miles a day in search of subjects to sketch.
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(7)
___ Although / Though he was considered unsociable
and morose by his peers, the art world could not ignore (8) ___
his / such tremendous talent. Highly prolific, Turner produced more
(9) ___ than 20,000 paintings and drawings in his lifetime.
When he was (10) ___ in his fifties, Turner's style became
markedly different, prompting critics to accuse him (11) ___ of becoming
an impressionist. Turner's Rockets and Blue Light came out of this period. In 1857,(12) ___
while being transported to a Manchester exhibition, the painting was extensively damaged.
(13) ___ It is said that, while it was undergoing restoration,
a boat was added to the original subject. Whatever the case, (14) ___
after nearly 146 years, Mancunians will finally get to see the painting (15)
___ when the Manchester Art Gallery opens its Turner Exhibition
(16) ___ next / this week.
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