The Life of J. M. W. Turner: Founded On Letters And Papers

The Life of J. M. W. TurnerFounded on Letters and Papers Furnished by his Friends and Fellow Academicians\nAuthor(s): Walter Thornbury\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108059435, 978-1108059435\nSynopsis\nThis pioneering two-volume biography, first published in 1862, explores the genius of the groundbreaking Romantic landscape and historical painter J. M. W. Turner [tel]. As both journalist and historian, author Walter Thornbury [tel] has a light touch, yet he draws on a wide range of correspondence, sketchbooks, watercolours and etchings to give a detailed picture of Turner's artistic development and connections, and his increasingly eccentric character. Volume 2 fills out the record by detailing the artist's relationships with patrons such as Lord Egremont of Petworth House, and such fellow Royal Academicians as the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey. Among the topics covered here are Turner's lo.