A new, fully revised edition of the bestselling publication
exploring J.M.W. Turner's spectacular array of watercolours.Â
The lifetime of J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) was also the classic age
of English watercolour, and the artist's mastery and perfection of
the medium coincided with its establishment as an independent art
form. This volume examines the unique body of watercolours Turner
produced. Few can doubt that J.M.W. Turner was the greatest
exponent of English watercolour in its golden age. An inveterate
traveller in search of the ideal vista, he rarely left home without
a rolled up, loosebound sketchbook, pencils and a small travelling
case of watercolours in his pocket. He exploited, as no one before
him, the medium's luminosity and transparency, conjuring light
effects on English meadows and Venetian lagoons and gauzy mists
over mountains and lakes. Extraordinary in his own time, he has
continued to thrill his countless admirers since. David
Blayney Brown, one of the world's leading experts on Turner,
reveals the role watercolours played in Turner's life and work,
from those he sent for exhibition to the Royal Academy to the
private outpourings in which he compulsively experimented with
light and colour, which for a modern audience are among his most
radical and accomplished works.
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