J.M.W. Turner: A National Gallery of Art Film Presentation

2007 30 min

Overview

One of the greatest landscape painters of all time, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) rendered the subtle effects of light and atmosphere in revolutionary ways. This documentary chronicles the rise of Turner, a barber's son who entered the Royal Academy art school at age fourteen to become, over the course of six decades, Britain's most renowned painter. It includes footage of locations important to Turner in Wales, England, Switzerland, and readings from writers and artists of the era, including John Ruskin and Lord Byron.

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Cast

Jeremy Irons

Narrator

Crew

Carroll Moore

Director

Carroll Moore

Producer

Susan M. Arensberg

Executive Producer

John Adderley

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