Ian Warrell

Nicola Moorby

Tony Smibert

Mike Chaplin

JMW Turner is one of the greatest artists Britain has ever produced. His watercolours, with their extraordinary effects of shifting light and dramatic skyscapes, are especially highly regarded. For the first time, the secrets of Turner's technique are revealed, allowing present-day watercolourists to learn from his achievements.This book combines unrivalled knowledge of Turner's working methods from Tate curators and conservators with practical advice from some of the world's most respected watercolour experts. Twenty-two thematic exercises are illustrated with Turner's works. Expert contemporary watercolourists explain, step-by-step, how to paint a similar composition, learning from Turner's techniques. Packed with invaluable information, from the materials Turner used to achieve the masterpieces we know and love today, to the modern materials the twenty-first-century watercolour artist will need.Backed by the authority of Tate, the world centre for Turner scholarship, with a glossary of technical terms, this is an invaluable resource both for lovers of Turner's art and of watercolour painting.

How to Paint Like Turner

Ann Chumbley

Studies of Contemporary Life

Turner and the Human Figure

Gillian Forrester

Susan Grace Galassi

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein

Rebecca Hellen

Modern Histories: Turner's Chronicles of War, Peace, and the Course of Empire / by Gillian Forrester -- Shifting Currents: Turner's Depictions of Coasts, Rivers, Harbors, and Ports in the 1820s / by Ian Warrell -- Liminal Spaces: Turner's Paintings of Dieppe and Cologne / by Susan Grace Galassi -- 'Unfinished Productions': History and Process in Turner's 1820s Port Scenes of Dieppe, Cologne, and Brest / by Rebecca Hellen -- Inglorious Histories: Turner's Ancient Ports / by Joanna Sheers Seidenstein.

Passages Through Time

Turner's Modern and Ancient Ports

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Tate Gallery

Paris (France). Pavillon des arts

Musée des beaux-arts André Malraux

Turner published two volumes of views of the River Seine in the early 1830s, when he was at the height of his success. All of the watercolours he completed for the project are reproduced in this book, along with many of his preliminary studies. As the text demonstrates, the watercolours are born out of Turner's long familiarity with the river. His views came as part of an explosion in the market for travel books, particularly for the area between Paris and the coast, and a number of these comparable publications, with their illustrations by some of Turner's finest rivals, are discussed. The book also examines how Turner confronted the technical innovations of the new age, making contemporary features, such as canals and steamboats, the subjects of his pictures, and thereby preparing the ground for masterpieces such as The Fighting Temeraire.

Turner on the Seine

National Gallery (Great Britain)

Claude Lorrain

Philippa Simpson

Alan Crookham

Explores the influence of the seventeeth-century French painter Claude Lorrain on the landscape paintings of the English Romantic artist, J. M. W. Turner.

In the Light of Claude

Turner Inspired

Turner's sketchbooks' offer perhaps themost appealing introduction to the artist. They give us a privileged look over Turner's shoulder, allowing us to witness the creation and development of ideas that can be traced through to his major paintings. In the absence of detailed written accounts of his extensive travels, the notebooks are also a record of his impressions of the many places he visited across Britain and Europe. This book is the first to survey the full range of Turner's sketchbooks, beginning with his teenage efforts and culminating in the atmospheric colour studies of his last years.

Turner's Sketchbooks

Join Turner (1775-1851) as he progresses through the city, beginning at St. Mark's Basilica with the campanile towering above and the coral-colored exterior of the Doge's Palace. Drift onward toward the Bridge of Sighs and take a detour past the Hotel Europa, where Turner preferred to stay. Travel onward past the Giardini Reali, the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute on your way to San Giorgio Maggiore and the Accademia. Drift away from the bustling markets around the Rialto on the Grand Canal heading toward the Frari and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, taking in the inspirations for Venetian masters such as Tintoretto and Veronese.

Venice with Turner

Alison Smith

Anonyme

Christopher Newall

Allen Staley

Tim Batchelor

Tate Britain (Gallery)

Alte Nationalgalerie (Germany)

Fundación "La Caixa" (Madrid, Spain)

Published to accompany exhibition held at Tate Britain, London, 12 February - 3 May 2004, the Altes Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 12 June - 19 September 2004, and the Fundacio 'la Caixa', Madrid, 6 October 2004 - 9 January 2005.

Truth to Nature

Pre-Raphaelite Vision

J. M. W. Turner

Turner y Venecia

Ian Warrell

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