This was the largest exhibition of Turner's work to be seen in Germany. Of the 203 works in the exhibition, sixty percent are from Tate Collections, including seminal works from all periods of Turner's life, such as Fisherman at Sea (1796), The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (1817), Snow Storm (1825-30) and Peace (1842).

Museums in the UK, the United States, New Zealand, Canada and others, also lent to the exhibition.