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The first ever authoritative guide to
Turner and all aspects of his art
J. M.
W. Turner is generally acknowledged not only as
Britain's greatest painter, but as one of the finest and
most original of all landscape painters. His long life
and exceptionally large and varied oeuvre has created a
body of art, and accompanying literature and primary
sources, that are daunting and often inaccessible to the
scholar and Turner enthusiast alike. The Oxford
Companion to J. M. W. Turner, the first reference
work devoted entirely to this artist, is an
authoritative guide to every aspect of Turner's life,
his art, his reception past and present, and the
cultural, social, and political context in which he
worked. Written by a team of the foremost Turner
scholars in the world, the Companion presents the very
latest information available, in a form that is both
easy to use and enjoyable to read.
Over 760
alphabetical entries offer
* the fullest possible
accounts of the private and public life of this baffling
and secretive man - his family and friends, his
mistresses and children; his interests and travels,
patrons and associates, his will and bequest
*
details of his working methods; his stylistic
development; the artists who influenced and inspired
him, and those whom he influenced in turn; pupils and
assistants; exhibitions during his lifetime, and the
prices paid for his pictures
* full coverage of the
subjects and topographies depicted in his art, from
Walter Scott's country house at Abbotsford to his
panoramic views of Zurich
* over 100 entries on the
most important individual works and groups of
works-oils, watercolours, and engravings, both exhibited
and unexhibited
* contextual coverage of
contemporary artists, literary influences, political
events and the issues of his day, from slavery to the
Sublime
* a complete account of past and modern
Turner scholarship, and of important exhibitions, public
and private collections, dealers and the market for his
art today
WITH: EXQUISITE COLOUR PLATES;
CHRONOLOGY OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES; EXTENSIVE
BIBLIOGRAPHY; LISTING OF PUBLIC COLLECTIONS WITH WORKS
BY TURNER
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