Comments on: J.M.W. Turner http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/07/23/jwm-turner/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David J.P.Pierce Jones http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/07/23/jwm-turner/#comment-177650 David J.P.Pierce Jones Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:01:02 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/07/23/jwm-turner/#comment-177650 We know Turner was the Father of Impressionism, but wasn't he also the first Surreallist? Has noone else noticed the word "Love" hidden in Oberwesel? Go and take a look in Washington! We know Turner was the Father of Impressionism, but wasn’t he also the first Surreallist? Has noone else noticed the word “Love” hidden in Oberwesel? Go and take a look in Washington!

]]> By: vivien http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/07/23/jwm-turner/#comment-96593 vivien Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:13:04 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/07/23/jwm-turner/#comment-96593 I think that his innovation and the concepts and ideas that truly interested him show much more in his sketchbooks - these are so free and contemporary they are just incredible. They really look as if they were done today. The grand paintings still fit with the concerns and ethos of the day, the erudite subject matter etc - but incorporate some of the elements of the sketch books, not so freely though :( . I think paintings like the Fighting Temeraire, the barn door one (title forgotten!) and Wind Steam and Speed are truer to his sketchbooks and true interests - the painting of light and atmosphere/weather. I think that his innovation and the concepts and ideas that truly interested him show much more in his sketchbooks - these are so free and contemporary they are just incredible. They really look as if they were done today.

The grand paintings still fit with the concerns and ethos of the day, the erudite subject matter etc - but incorporate some of the elements of the sketch books, not so freely though :( .

I think paintings like the Fighting Temeraire, the barn door one (title forgotten!) and Wind Steam and Speed are truer to his sketchbooks and true interests - the painting of light and atmosphere/weather.

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