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Standing in the Sun : A Life of J. M. W. Turner by Anthony Bailey (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTate Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-101849761922
ISBN-139781849761925
eBay Product ID (ePID)171659052
Product Key Features
Book TitleStanding in the Sun : Alife of J. M. W. Turner
Number of Pages504 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Artists / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European
Publication Year2014
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAnthony Bailey
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight29.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal759.2 B
SynopsisA revealing new portrait of J.M.W. Turner and the man behind the art, uncovering fresh material and shedding new light on this complicated and secretive artistic figure. Joseph Mallord William Turner is arguably Britain's greatest and most mysterious painter, whose range of work encompasses seascape and landscape, immensely powerful oil paintings and intimate watercolours. His friend and colleague C.R. Leslie remembered him thus: 'Turner was short and stout, and had a sturdy, sailor-like walk. He might be taken for the captain of a river steamboat at first glance; but a second would find more in his face than belongs in any ordinary mind. There was that peculiar keenness of expression in his eye that is only seen in men of constant habits of observation'. The son of a Covent garden barber and a woman who died in Bethlehem Hospital, Turner achieved fame and fortune during his lifetime. Although he possessed a wide-ranging imagination, he was an often incoherent speaker and writer, and his muddled will produced much discord - it is a wonder that, despite avaricious relatives and incompetent lawyers, so many of his works are now in the hands of the nation, and publicly proclaim his genius. In this riveting and revelatory biography, Anthony Bailey has drawn upon archival material, scholarly literature and research, as well as studying many of Turner's sketchbooks, paintings and watercolours, to shed new light on this complicated and secretive artistic figure., Back in print after a decade, this book, which A. S. Byatt called "a pleasure to read," explores the life of J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), Britain's most mysterious painter, whose range of work encompasses seascapes and landscapes, executed in both immensely powerful oil paintings and intimate watercolors. Anthony Bailey crafts what the Guardian called a "very fine portrait" of Turner, the short and stout son of a Covent Garden barber, who achieved fame and fortune during his lifetime and whose works remain enormously popular and influential today. Bailey "writes with flair and imagination" ( Sunday Times ), using archival material, scholarly literature and research, and many of Turner's sketchbooks, paintings, and watercolors to shed new light on this complicated and secretive artistic figure.
LC Classification NumberND497
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