Turner

A biography of the British painter J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851, by the university curator at the University of Birmingham, U.K. & curator of the 2003 exhibition "Turner: the Late Seascapes," at the Clark Art Institute at Williamstown, MA.Over the course of sixty years, Turner traveled thousands of miles to seek out the landscapes of England and Europe. Drawn overwhelmingly to the coast, to the electrifying rub of the land with the sea, he regularly observed their conjoining from the cliff, the beach, the pier, or from a small boat. Notes, index. Illus., 16-page insert, including many color reproductions. 461p.