Turner and Constable : art, life, landscape / Nicola Moorby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moorby, Nicola, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.

Turner, J. M. W.

Constable, John, 1776-1837.

Constable, John.

Painters--Great Britain--Biography.

Painters.

Landscape painters--Great Britain--Biography.

Landscape painters.

Landscapes in art.

Landscape painting, British--19th century.

Landscape painting, British.

Peintres--Angleterre--Biographies.

Peintres.

Peinture de paysages anglaise--19e siècle.

Peinture de paysages anglaise.

Paysages dans l'art.

Painters--England--Biography.

Landscape painting, English--19th century.

Landscape painting, English.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 339 pages color illustrations 25 cm

illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Born just fourteen months apart, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk, J. M. W. Turner and John Constable went on to change the face of British art. The two men have routinely been seen as polar opposites, not least by their peers. Differing in temperament, background, beliefs, and vision, they created images as dissimilar as their personalities. Yet in many ways they were fellow travellers. As children of the late eighteenth century, both faced the same challenges and opportunities. Above all, they shared common cause as champions of a distinctively British art. Through their work, they fought for the recognition and appreciation of landscape painting--and in doing so ensured their reputations were forever intertwined and interlinked. Nicola Moorby offers us a fresh perspective on two extraordinary artists, uncovering the layers of fiction that have embellished and disguised their greatest achievements. For Turner & Constable is not just a tale of two artists; it is also the story of the triumph of landscape painting.

Contents:

Introduction

Background and beginnings

The Royal Academy

Ups and downs

Labours of love

Rivers of England

Foreign fields

Sea and sky: new horizons

In print

Brother labourers: late work

Endings... and beginnings

Afterword: afterlife.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-324) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Rosenlund fund bookplate.

ISBN:

0300266480

9780300266481

OCLC:

1449674913