Books on Turner?
Peter Goldstein
books can people recommend, both for scholarly studies and
reproductions? Thanks!
Peter Goldstein
Joe
I love Turner - one of my favorite artists. You may find
a lot of books of his big oil paintings, but be sure to
look into his watercolors and sketches too.
Off the topic of books, but if you are ever in Washington
DC, the National Gallery has a very nice collection of his
big oils. And if ever in London, I forget if it's the
Tate, or the British Museum, but one of those has a few of
his sketch books opened up for view. Turner traveled a
lot, and left behind volumes of sketchbooks filled with
watercolor sketches. I would love to see one of these
reproduced in it's entirety. Oh, and the Tate Gallery in
London is a must-visit for any Turner fan - a huge
collection of his oils.
Back to books:
I have one called 'Through Switzerland with Turner' - a
Tate Gallery publication which has a beautiful collection
of his watercolor sketches. I highly recommend this one.
Another one on my shelf is ' J.M.W. Turner - A Wonderful
Range of Mind' by John Gage - this one gives a good
overview of his entire career, large oils, sketches and
watercolors.
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keith o'connor
Turner's Papers
A study of the Manufacture, Selection and Use of
his Drawing Papers 1787-1820
Peter Bower
: of interest.
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take care: Keith
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Bernard Victor
>Tate, or the British Museum, but one of those has a few of
>his sketch books opened up for view. Turner traveled a
>lot, and left behind volumes of sketchbooks filled with
>watercolor sketches. I would love to see one of these
>reproduced in it's entirety. Oh, and the Tate Gallery in
>London is a must-visit for any Turner fan - a huge
>collection of his oils.
Tate Britain is the gallery for the best collection of Turner's, but
the National Gallery has 'Fighting Temeraire' and a few others. The
Victoria & Albert Museum has just re-opened a room dedicated to Turner
and Constable. Only one room but it is interesting to see their
paintings side by side, as they were rivals with rather different
approaches, but both in my opinion huge influences in different ways
on modern figurative and in Turner's case abstract painting.
Mani Deli
wrote
>Tate Britain is the gallery for the best collection of Turner's, but
>the National Gallery has 'Fighting Temeraire' and a few others. The
>Victoria & Albert Museum has just re-opened a room dedicated to Turner
>and Constable. Only one room but it is interesting to see their
>paintings side by side, as they were rivals with rather different
>approaches, but both in my opinion huge influences in different ways
>on modern figurative and in Turner's case abstract painting.
They can keep them both. I'll take any Hudson River school work. I'd
like to see that hung next to them and let the public compare.
"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are
conservative." -John Stuart Mill
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Bernard Victor
wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:27:45 +0000, Bernard Victor
>wrote
>>Tate Britain is the gallery for the best collection of Turner's, but
>>the National Gallery has 'Fighting Temeraire' and a few others. The
>>Victoria & Albert Museum has just re-opened a room dedicated to Turner
>>and Constable. Only one room but it is interesting to see their
>>paintings side by side, as they were rivals with rather different
>>approaches, but both in my opinion huge influences in different ways
>>on modern figurative and in Turner's case abstract painting.
>
>They can keep them both. I'll take any Hudson River school work. I'd
>like to see that hung next to them and let the public compare.
>
This last remark certainly prove that your opinions are utterly
worthless. I can understand though not agree with your opinions on
Picasso, Matisse etc, but cannot understand how anyone can put down
two painters who are amongst the greatest painters of any age. I
presume you do not like Bonington, Delacroix, Corot, or Courbet
either.
Mani Deli
<bvi...@HotPOP.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:36:25 -0500, Mani Deli <ma...@sympatico.ca>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:27:45 +0000, Bernard Victor
>>wrote
>>>Tate Britain is the gallery for the best collection of Turner's, but
>>>the National Gallery has 'Fighting Temeraire' and a few others. The
>>>Victoria & Albert Museum has just re-opened a room dedicated to Turner
>>>and . Only one room but it is interesting to see their
>>>paintings side by side, as they were rivals with rather different
>>>approaches, but both in my opinion huge influences in different ways
>>>on modern figurative and in Turner's case abstract painting.
>>
>>They can keep them both. I'll take any Hudson River school work. I'd
>>like to see that hung next to them and let the public compare.
>>
>This last remark certainly prove that your opinions are utterly
>worthless.
They are my opinions just like what you write are your opinions.
> I can understand though not agree with your opinions on
>Picasso, Matisse etc, but cannot understand how anyone can put down
>two painters who are amongst the greatest painters of any age. I
>presume you do not like Bonington, Delacroix, Corot, or Courbet
>either.
You presume correctly. And I advise you never to compare Turner and
Constable to any Hudson River Artist in order to form a
"worthless"opinion.
No skill no art!