How Turner Painted: Materials & Techniques
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How Turner Painted brings new research and understanding to the subject since the publication of the author’s earlier book Turner’s Painting Techniques (1993). Joyce Townsend, senior conservation scientist at Tate, which houses the majority of Turner’s work and is a centre of expertise on the artist, has revisited, updated and continued the examination of his innovative use of materials and early adoption of new colours. Comparisons are drawn across oil painting and watercolour to illustrate how Turner built up an image, and what his numerous unfinished works can tell us about his working methods. With a foreword by art historian Nicola Moorby and a chapter contributed by artist Tony Smibert, the book will coincide with two major new exhibitions planned for 2020, at Tate Britain and at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Tasmania.
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| Publisher | Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1st edition (19 Sept. 2019) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 168 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0500294836 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0500294833 |
| Dimensions | 19.3 x 1.78 x 22.1 cm |
by Ultramarine
Regretfully, this is a disappointing book because the author gives no more away than I know already! AND she’s a professor! I’m just an artist.
I was hoping to read about where Turner bought his papers, how heavy they were, how he made paint, what his palette was like and where we can buy these now.
I would also have liked to read about how his father made his canvasses, how he chose his brushes, what easels he used, how Turner studied light, how Turner studied shadow, how he changed his working palette , how he learnt from Girtin as in notes he made ‘remember White House…1.
For a professor at the TATE it’s a poor show but, I really ought to write it myself but I will need to become a well known name before I do to get the backing otherwise it would be a poor business move.
by cliff blake
Superb book offering great insight to the technques of Turner.i
by Oxford Girl
Excellent update from Townsend’s previous books on Turner with more colour photography.
by D L HILLMAN
Turner is one of my favourite artists and this book is very helpful and helpful.
by David James
Great learning module of a Master and his methods .
by pl
great