Standing in the Sun: A Life of J.M.W. Turner - Hardcover

Bailey, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061180025 ISBN 13: 9780061180026

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

Highly praised by reviewers in England, where it was first published, an illustrated, thoroughly researched, and elegantly written biography explores the life, work, and social milieu of the renowned nineteenth-century British painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner.

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About the Author:

Anthony Bailey was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1933. During the Second World War he was evacuated to Dayton, Ohio, where for the duration he became part of the family of Otto and Eloise Spaeth, who had one of the finest art collections in the middle west. He did his National Service with the West African Frontier force and then read modern history at Merton College, Oxford. For many years he was a writer for The New Yorker magazine. His books include the novel Major Andre, a collection of reports on Ireland, Acts of Union; the memoirs America, Lost and Found and England, First and last; and the biographical study of another great painter, Rembrandt's House. Anthony Bailey now lives in Greenwich but spends several months a year in New England. His wife Margot Speight is a writer and artist. They have four daughters and five grandchildren.

Synopsis:

Explores the life, work and social milieu of the renowned nineteenth-century British painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0061180025
• ISBN 13: 9780061180026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 478