J.M.W. Turner: The 'Skies' Sketchbook

Hardback

Main Details

Title J.M.W. Turner: The 'Skies' Sketchbook
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tate Publishing
Introduction by David Blayney-Brown
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:152
Dimensions(mm): Height 265,Width 142
Category/GenrePainting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
Animals and nature in art (still life, landscapes and seascapes, etc)
ISBN/Barcode 9781849764902
ClassificationsDewey:759.2
Audience
General
Illustrations 144 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Tate Publishing
Imprint Tate Publishing
Publication Date 30 September 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Turner's sketchbooks were private things which he kept to himself. They might live for some time in his coat pockets or travel bags, to be pulled out as need arose. In the studio, they served as memory banks for future work. Besides many watercolor studies of sky effects, the sketchbook reproduced within this unique publication also includes pencil sketches of places in London and the surrounding area. Turner drew and painted sky, clouds, and weather all his life. As a boy he liked to go up to Hampstead Heath in North London, lie on his back to draw the sky, and return to town to sell his day's work. Late in life he made many colored studies, often in Kent, which he believed had the finest skies in Europe. This edition of the sketchbook reproduces all these beautiful drawings and watercolors in facsimile, with an illustrated introduction by Turner expert David Blayney Brown discussing their background and impact.

Author Biography

David Blayney Brown is Manton curator of British art, 1790-1850, Tate Britain.