The EY Exhibition: Late Turner: Painting Set Free- - Couverture souple

Brown, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849762503 ISBN 13 : 9781849762502

Editeur : Tate Publishing, 2014

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

When Turner died in 1851, the general view of an artist's late work was one of decline. Indeed, Turner's own painting from 1845 onwards was described as indulgent, eccentric and 'repulsive', and even his devoted champion John Ruskin commented on its 'wholly inferior value'. However, from the early 1900s there was a major reassessment of Turner's later paintings and sketches. Commentators hailed his study of light as a visionary precursor to the ideas of the Impression­ists. This continued into the twentieth century, with curato­rial choices in some museums presenting Turner's late and unfinished work as distinctly modern.
Through a number of key themes and studies into his subject matter, technique and personal activities, this new analysis challenges the historical conceptions of Turner's late style. The idea that as an elderly artist Turner was seen as intro­verted and detached by the Victorian art world is set against the fact that his paintings from 1835 were some of the most popular, accessible and intellectual that he created. Mean­while, questioning the notion that Turner's late work articu­lated a conclusive, radical vision that was heedless of public reaction, the texts explore how Turner had a very firm idea of the workings of the art market at that time.
Fully illustrated in colour, and with contributions by some of the foremost Turner scholars, this book breaks new ground in the continuing study of the life and legacy of one of art's greatest masters.
Exhibition
Tate Britain, London, 15 September 2014 - 18 January 2015
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 24 February - 24 May 2015
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - de Young Museum , 20 June - 20 September 2015

Biographie de l'auteur

David Blayney Brown is Curator of British Art, 1790-1859 at Tate.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Tate Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1849762503
• ISBN 13: 9781849762502
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224