J.M.W. Turner Masterpieces of Art

by Rosalind Ormiston

Book Overview

The English Romantic painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775-19 December 1851) was a brilliant landscape artist, a watercolourist and printmaker. His style, powerful and fierce, melding the elements with humankind are thought by many to have prepared the way for Impressionism . In his time he was controversial, but his focus on land and seascapes widened the palette of artists and their audience, and his impressionistic brushwork prepared...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783612061
• ISBN13: 9781783612062
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Flame Tree Illustrated
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.2" x 9.2"