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The Life of J. M. W. Turner

The Life of J. M. W. Turner

Thornbury, Walter
Warrell, Ian

Paperback

Series: Lives of the Artists

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Publisher Price: $19.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 1, 2026

ISBN10: 1843682869
ISBN13: 9781843682868
Publisher: Pallas Athene
Published: Dec 1 2026
Pages: 272
Language: English
Ian Warrell's expert, amply illustrated arrangement of Walter Thornbury's illuminating biography of England's greatest painter, the enigmatic and intensely private J. M. W. Turner.

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is without contest England's greatest painter - as his contemporaries were quick to admit, even when they could not understand his increasingly abstract art. Yet, despite achieving fame young, the man himself was so intensely private as to be almost unknown. Both brusque and kindly, tight-fisted and generous, taciturn and witty company, he remained a fascinating enigma and source of many legends.

Soon after Turner's death the journalist, critic and novelist Walter Thornbury began collecting anecdotes from friends and colleagues. The resulting biography provides most of what we know about Turner. It is unfailingly energetic and entertaining - but also ill-organized and prolix. In this edition, the scholar Ian Warrell has arranged Thornbury's most illuminating passages into a compact, coherent narrative of the painter's life.

Unfailingly vivid and thought-provoking, and with nearly 100 pages of color illustrations, this is the first stop on any exploration of Turner's life and career.

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