In 2015, the Financial institution of England requested the British public to appoint a deceased cultural determine they felt deserved the honour of showing on a banknote. The determine they selected was JMW Turner. So what made Turner such a rare artist? And why do his panorama work nonetheless resonate at present, 250 years on from his beginning? Right here, in dialog with Spencer Mizen, Nicola Moorby explores the person behind the breathtaking artworks.
Nicola Moorby is the creator of Turner and Constable: Artwork, Life, Panorama (Yale College Press, 2025).
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