A study of the life and works of Joseph Mallord William Turner. A precocious talent, he first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the age of 15, an institution that was to play a major part in his life, recognizing his genius and supporting him against many contemporary arbiters of taste.
Author Biography
Graham Reynolds (1914-2013) was a former Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where he worked from 1937. His other books included English Portrait Miniatures and A Concise History of Watercolours, as well as books on Thomas Bewick, Victorian narrative painters, and the catalogue raisonne of the work of John Constable.
