Turner

Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). Thos. Agnew & Sons / Scribner's, London / New York 1902. First Edition. 1st Printing. 292 pages. Oversized. This edition on special paper is limited to 1000 copies #836. Burgundy cloth with beveled edges, gold lettering, page ends rough-cut (deckled). Moderate general wear. Illustrated with 103 works of Turner, in gray, brown and white tones, mostly full page. Size: Elephant Folio 15 - 23'' tall. An extensive biography of Turner, and a critical survey of his works. Appendixed by a catalogue of hs works. Joseph Mallord William 'J. M. W.' Turner, (1775-1851) was a British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest masters of British watercolour landscape painting. He is commonly known as 'the painter of light' and his work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. Art::Painting by Artist Biography RBR29

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Publisher: Thos. Agnew & Sons / Scribner's

Year: 1902

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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