Turner and the Sea

Name: Turner and the Sea
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ISBN: 9780500239056

ISBN-10: 0500239053

ISBN-13: 9780500239056

Edition: 2013

Authors: Christine Riding, Richard Johns

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This is the first publication to focus on J. M. W. Turner’s lifelong fascination with the sea, from his Royal Academy debut in 1796, Fishermen at Sea, to his iconic maritime subjects of the 1830s and 1840s such as Staffa, Fingal’s Cave. It places Turner and his work firmly in the broader field of maritime painting that flourished in nineteenth-century Britain, France, Germany, Holland, and America. The majority of the works illustrated here—paintings, watercolors, sketches, sketchbooks, and engravings—are by Turner, but there are also comparative works by some forty other artists including Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, John Constable, Benjamin West, and Gustave Courbet. The book…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 11/11/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 9.70" wide x 12.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 4.246
Language: English

Christine Riding is senior curator of paintings and head of the arts department at the National Maritime Museum, London.

Richard Johns is curator of prints and drawings at the National Maritime Museum.