- Published: 7 July 2016
- ISBN: 9780241964552
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 512
Turner
The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner
- Published: 7 July 2016
- ISBN: 9780241964552
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 512
Moyle's superb biography rigorously tackles the myths surrounding Turner's life and presents a vivid portrait of a man whose ideas and behaviour were rooted in the 18th century - and whose work is too often taken out of context
Mail on Sunday
A thorough, balanced and wonderfully fluent account. Franny Moyle [is] one of the best in the long line of [Turner's] biographers
Michael Prodger, Times
An exemplary work . . . Moyle is especially good at delineating Turner's artistic methods and her enthralling account is filled with an impressive understanding of his unique talent
Ian Critchley, Sunday Times
Elegant and thorough . . . This is a biography that leaves you with a fresh impression of both Turner and his time. It frees its subjects from myth, and imbues them with the quality of wonder
Matthew Adams, I News
Fresh and lively . . . Turner's life is given a vivid colour and depth as Moyle deftly interweaves his professional career with his private life
Jenny Uglow, BBC History Magazine
The words on the page offer views every bit as captivating as Turner's ageless panoramas
Big Issue
Franny Moyle tells a compelling story of a self-taught prodigy... A restless painter who always sought new forms of expression in watercolour and oils. Moyle is an unpretentious art historian, and she has written an inviting and easily digested biography of the best of British painters
Stephen Fay, Economist
Moyle is good on Turner's momentous times, interweaving history, the history of art and the public's attitude toward art.
Claudia Fitzherbert, Telegraph
Moyle's art-historical perceptions make this detailed and beautifully balanced biography a compelling read... Turner emerges from it larger... revealed as a man of his moment
Brian Morton, Scottish Herald
Of the two recent books on Turner, Moyle's is the more satisfying, not least because it allows for the intimacy of reading. Less is more when it comes to biography - and Moyle gives Turner's restless life a perspective and a frame
Frances Wilson, New Statesman