The Oxford Companion to J. M. W. Turner

Edited by Evelyn Joll, Martin Butlin, and Luke Herrmann

Oxford Companions

* the first authoritative reference book devoted entirely to the life and works of Britain's greatest painter
* written by a team of over 50 of the foremost Turner scholars in the world
* offers easy access to a huge array of up-to-date information for scholars and Turner enthusiasts alike
* covers all aspects of Turner studies - his life, his art, the context of his work, exhibitions and collections, and Turner scholarship past and present

The Oxford Companion to J. M. W. Turner

Edited by Evelyn Joll, Martin Butlin, and Luke Herrmann

Description

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

The Oxford Companion to J. M. W. Turner

Edited by Evelyn Joll, Martin Butlin, and Luke Herrmann

Oxford Companions

The Oxford Companion to J. M. W. Turner

Edited by Evelyn Joll, Martin Butlin, and Luke Herrmann

Oxford Companions

Author Information

Edited by Evelyn Joll, Former Chairman of Agnew's, Martin Butlin, Former Keeper of the Historic British Collection at the Tate Gallery, London, and Luke Herrmann, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Leicester

Contributors:

Prof A. G. H. Bachrach (Prof Emeritus at the Universities of Leiden and Amsterdam)
Dr Dinah Birch (Trinity College, Oxford)
Peter Bower (forensic paper historian and paper analyst)
Dr David Blayney Brown (Curator of the Turner Collection, Tate Galley, London)
Dr Maurice Davies (Deputy Director, Museums Association)
Prof Gerald Finley (Vice-President of the Turner Society)
Dr Gillian Forrester (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven)
Dr John Gage (University of Cambridge)
Jean Golt (Guide lecturer at the Tate Gallery, London)
James Hamilton (University of Birmingham)
Robin Hamlyn (Tate Gallery, London, and University of Leeds)
Judy Crosby (author of 'Constable and the Critics')
Dr Andrew Kennedy (Southampton University)
Prof Michael Kitson (deceased; late of the Courtauld Institute, and Paul Mellon Centre, London)
Alastair Laing (Adviser on Pictures and Sculpture to the National Trust)
Andrew Loukes (Tate Gallery, London)
Anne Lyles (Tate Gallery, London)
Olivier Meslay (Curator, Dept of Paintings, Louvre)
Paul Mitchell (internationally known frame historian)
Dr Susan Morris (paintings researcher for the Richard Green Gallery)
Evelyn Newby (formerly Archivist at the Paul Mellon Centre)
Prof Mordecai Omer (Director & Chief Curator, Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
Leslie Parris (deceased; late of the Tate Gallery, London)
Diane Perkins (Tate Gallery, London)
Dr Jan Piggott (Dulwich College)
K. I. Pilikian (professional musician and former professor of music)
Dr Cecilia Powell (editor of 'Turner Society News' and author of the prize-winning 'Turner in the South')
N. R. D. Powell (honorary treasurer of the Turner Society)
Terry Ann Riggs (formerly of the Tate Gallery, London, and author of the catalogue for 'Masterpieces of British Art from the Tate Gallery' touring exhibition)
Lynn Roberts (frame historian and author)
Charles Sebag-Montefiore (specialist in the history of the British as collectors)
Eric Shanes (painter and author of works on Turner)
Dr Kim Sloan (Dept of Prints and Drawings, British Museum)
Dr Sam Smiles (University of Plymouth)
Katherine Solender (Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio)
Prof Allen Staley (Prof of Art History, Columbia University)
Sarah E. Taft ( Tate Galley, London)
Dr Joyce H. Townsend (Tate Gallery, London)
Rosalind Mallord Turner (art researcher and bookbinder; descendant of the artist)
Robert Upstone (Tate Gallery, London)
Prof William Vaughan (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Barry Venning (art historian with special interest in Constable, and Turner's writings and his sea pictures)
Richard Walker (formerly Curator, Palace of Westminster)
Prof Robert K. Wallace (Prof of Literature and Language, Northern Kentucky University)
Ian Warrell (Tate Gallery, London)
Andrew Wilton (Keeper and Senior Research Fellow, Tate Gallery, London)
Edward Yardley (Specialist on Turner's watercolours)
Prof Alison Yarrington (University of Leicester)