Topic Guide J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)

 

Until 11 September 2022, visitors to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya can enjoy the exhibition Turner. Light is colour. The Joaquim Folch i Torres Library offers you information resources on the British artist J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), an outstanding landscape painter of the Romantic movement.

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Llac Buttermere, amb la part de Cromackwater, Cumberland, un xàfec, exposat el 1798. Tate: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

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At the library
Monographs
Aquarelles de Turner, oeuvres de Blake
Aquarelles de Turner, oeuvres de Blake: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale 15 janvier 1937

Paris: Association franco-britannique art et tourisme, 1937

47 p.

 

 

Turner’s Holland
Turner’s Holland

Bachrach, Fred G. H.

London: Tate Gallery, 1994

71 p.

ISBN 1854371401

 

Standing in the sun: a life of J.M.W. Turner
Standing in the sun: a life of J.M.W. Turner

Bailey, Anthony

London: Tate Publishing, 2013

480 p.

ISBN 9781849761925

 

J.M. William Turner
J.M. William Turner: Köln und der Rhein: Aquarelle, Zeichnungen Skizzenbücher, Stiche: Wallraf-Richartz Museum Köln, 11 Oktober bis 30 November 1980

Borch, Agnes von der

Köln: Museen der Stadt Köln, 1980

120 p.

 

Turner’s later papers
Turner’s later papers: a study of the manufacture, selection and use of his drawing papers 1820-1851

Bower, Peter

[London]: Tate Gallery; [New Castle]: Oak Knoll, 1999

144 p.

ISBN 1854372955

 

Turner’s papers
Turner’s papers: a study of the manufacture, selection and use of his drawing papers 1787-1820

Bower, Peter

London: Tate Gallery, 1990

134 p.

ISBN 1854370499

 

Turner
Turner

Brion, Marcel

Paris: Rieder, 1929

58 p.

 

From Turner’s Studio
From Turner’s Studio: Paintings and Oil Sketches from the Turner Bequest

Brown, David Blayney

London: Tate Gallery, 1991

79 p.

ISBN 1854370626

 

Oil Sketches from Nature
Oil Sketches from Nature: Turner and his contemporaries

Brown, David Blayney

London: Tate Gallery, 1991

72 p.

ISBN 1854370758

 

Turner and Byron
Turner and Byron

Brown, David Blayney

London: Tate Gallery, 1992

135 p.

ISBN 1854370979

 

Turner watercolours
Turner watercolours

Brown, David Blayney

London: Tate Pub.; New York: Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by H.N. Abrams, 2007

128 p.

ISBN 9781854377715

 

Turner and the Human Figure
Turner and the Human Figure: studies of contemporary life

Chumbley, Ann; Warrell, Ian

London: Tate Gallery, 1989

62 p.

ISBN 1854370111

 

William Turner
William Turner: 1775-1851

Cooper, Douglas

Paris: Braun, 1949

14 p.

 

William Turner
William Turner: 1775-1851

Cooper, Douglas

Paris: Braun, 1954

[12] p.

 

J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851
J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851: a catalogue of drawings and watercolours in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Cormack, Malcolm

Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1975

85 p.

ISBN 0521209552

 

Turner
Turner

Crepaldi, Gabriele

Munich: Prestel, 2011

159 p.

ISBN 9783791346212

 

Landscapes of memory
Landscapes of memory: Turner as illustrator to Scott

Finley, Gerald

London: Scolar Press, 1980

272 p.

ISBN 0859675629

 

J. M. Turner
J. M. Turner: a wonderful range of mind

Gage, John

New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 1987

262 p.

ISBN 0300037791

 

Turner
Turner

Gatt, Giuseppe

Barcelona: Toray, 1968

40 p.

 

Turner: imagination and reality
Turner: imagination and reality

Gowing, Lawrence

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966

64 p.

 

 

Turner and the Scientists
Turner and the Scientists

Hamilton, James

London: Tate Gallery Publishing, 1998

144 p.

ISBN 1854372556

 

Turner prints
Turner prints: The Engraved Works of J. M. W. Turner

Herrmann, Luke

Oxford: Phaidon, 1990

288 p.

ISBN 0714825530

 

Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites
Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites

Hewison, Robert; Warrel, Ian; Wildman, Stephen

London: Tate Gallery Publishing, 2000

288 p.

ISBN 185437203X

 

Turner: five letters and a postcript
Turner: five letters and a postscript

Hind, C. Lewis

London: T.C. and E. C. Jack, [1907]

78 p.

 

Hockney on Turner watercolours
Hockney on Turner watercolours

London: Tate Media, 2007

48 p.

ISBN 9781854377838

 

J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851
J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851: impressions de Gran Bretanya i el continent europeu: aquarel·les i dibuixos del Llegat Turner, col·lecció Tate Gallery: exposició organitzada per la Tate Gallery i la Fundació La Caixa, 16 de setembre – 7 de novembre de 199

[Barcelona?]: Fundació “la Caixa”, 1993

320 p.

ISBN 847664422U

 

J. M. W. Turner
J. M. W. Turner: dibujos y acuarelas del Museo Británico: Museo del Prado, febrero-marzo 1983

Madrid: Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos; Londres: British Council, 1983

104 p.

 

L’Opera completa di Turner
L’Opera completa di Turner

Milano: Rizzoli, 1982

2 v.

 

Turner, the fifth decade: watercolours 1830-1840
Turner, the fifth decade: watercolours 1830-1840

Lyles, Anne

London: Tate Gallery, 1992

86 p.

ISBN 1854370898

 

Turner and Natural History: The Farnley Project
Turner and Natural History: The Farnley Project

Lyles, Anne

London: The Tate Gallery, 1988

72 p.

ISBN 1854370014

 

Young Turner: early work to 1800
Young Turner: early work to 1800: watercolours and drawings from the Turner bequest 1787-1900

Lyles, Anne

London: The Tate Gallery, 1989

43 p.

ISBN 185437026X

 

Colour into line
Colour into line: Turner and the Art of Engraving

Lyles, Anne; Perkins, Diane

London: Tate Gallery, 1989

83 p.

ISBN 1854370278

 

Paths to fame
Paths to fame: Turner watercolours from the Courtauld Gallery

London: The Courtauld Gallery: The Wordsworth Trust, 2008

166 p.

ISBN 9781905256334

 

Turner: the third decade
Turner: the third decade: watercolours 1810-1820

Perkins, Diane

London: Tate Gallery, 1990

48 p.

ISBN 1854370324

 

Turner’s Vignettes
Turner’s Vignettes

Piggott, jan

London: Tate Gallery, 1993

127 p.

ISBN 1854371320

 

Turner in Germany
Turner in Germany

Powell, Cecilia

London: Tate Gallery Piblications, 1995

255 p.

ISBN 1854371606

 

J.M.W. Turner: Romantic Painter of the Industrial Revolution
J.M.W. Turner: Romantic Painter of the Industrial Revolution

Rodner, William S.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997

222 p.

ISBN 0520204794

 

Turner
Turner

Rosny, J.-H.

Paris: Nilsson, 1925

 

 

Joseph Turner
Joseph Turner

Rothenstein, John

Buenos Aires: Codex, 1965

[8] p.

 

Turner
Turner

Rothenstein, John; Butlin, Martin

London: Heinemann, 1964

94 p.

 

 

Turner
Turner: the harbours of England: catalogues and notes

Ruskin, John

London: George Allen; New York: Longmans, 1904

646 p.

 

The ‘Lucerne’ sketchbook
The ‘Lucerne’ sketchbook

London: Tate Publishing, 2018

18 p.

ISBN 9781849766142

 

The Oxford companion to J. M. W. Turner
The Oxford companion to J. M. W. Turner

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001

419 p.

ISBN 0198600259

 

The Turner collection in the Clore Gallery: an illustrated guide: published to celebrate the opening of the Gallery by Her Majesty the Queen, 1 April 1987
The Turner collection in the Clore Gallery: an illustrated guide: published to celebrate the opening of the Gallery by Her Majesty the Queen, 1 April 1987

Milbank, London: Tate Gallery, 1987

136 p.

ISBN 0946590680

 

The water-colours of J. M. W. Turner
The water-colours of J. M. W. Turner

London; New York: Offices of “The Studio”, 1909

1 v.

 

Turner’s Paintings Techniques
Turner’s Paintings Techniques

Townsend, Joyce

London: Tate Gallery, 1993

84 p.

ISBN 1854371258

 

Turner: 1775-1851
Turner: 1775-1851

London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1974

200 p.

ISBN 0900874848

 

Turner: 1775-1851
Turner: 1775-1851: desenhos, aguarelas e óleos = Turner: drawings, watercolours and oil paintings

Lisboa: A Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1973

207 p.

Lisboa: A Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1973

207 p.

 

Turner: Watercolours lent by the British Museum
Turner: Watercolours lent by the British Museum: Musée provisoire d’art moderne, Bruxelles, 28 novembre 1970 au 10 janvier 1971

Bruxelles: Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, 1970

31 p.

 

Turner and Romantic Nature
Turner and Romantic Nature: 4 September 2004 – 9 January 2005

[Copenhague]: [Statens Museum for Kunst], 2004

272 p.

ISBN 8790096754

 

Turner and the Channel
Turner and the Channel: themes and variations c.1845: The Tate Gallery, 26 October-27 December 1987

London: Tate Gallery, 1987

24 p.

ISBN 0846590826

 

 

Turner and the masters
Turner and the masters

London: Tate Britain, 2009

240 p.

ISBN 9781854377982

 

Turner and the poets
Turner and the poets: engravings and watercolours from his later period

London: Greater London Council, 1975

[54] p.

 

Turner e gli impressionisti
Turner e gli impressionisti: la grande storia del paesaggio moderno in Europa

[s.l.]: Linea d’ombra, [2006]

471 p.

ISBN 8836607357

 

Turner i Venècia
Turner i Venècia: exposició organitzada per la Fundació “la Caixa” i la Tate Britain: 2 març - 5 juny 2005

Barcelona: Fundació “la Caixa”, 2005

193 p.

ISBN 8476648693

 

Turner in Indiana
Turner in Indiana: pencil sketches, watercolor drawings, and some oils and engraved works of Joseph Mallord William Turner, R. A., P. P. (1775-1851): February 3 to 24, 1963, The Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame

Indianapolis: Kurt F. Pantzer, 1963

58 p.

 

Turner und die Schweiz
Turner und die Schweiz: Kunsthaus Zürich, 7. Oktober 1976-2. Januar 1977

Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1976

[29] p.

 

Turner y el mar
Turner y el mar: acuarelas de la Tate: Fundación Juan March, 20 Septiembre – 19 Enero 2003

[Madrid]: Fundación Juan March, 2002

143 p.

ISBN 8470755005

 

 

Turner y los maestros
Turner y los maestros

Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2010

238 p.

ISBN 9788484801986

 

Turner’s modern world
Turner’s modern world

London: Tate Publishing, [2020]

240 p.

ISBN 9781849767125

 

Turner’s watercolours
Turner’s watercolours [Visual]: twelve colour postcards with a commentary

London: British Museum, 1978

1 v.

ISBN 0714100870

 

Turner: the Second Decade
Turner: the Second Decade: watercolours and drawings from the Turner Bequest 1800-1810

Upstone, Robert

London: The Tate Gallery, 1989

39 p.

ISBN 1854370065

 

Turner
Turner

Venning, Barry

London: Phaidon Press, 2003

351 p.

ISBN 9780714839882

Through Switzerland with Turner
Through Switzerland with Turner: Ruskin’s first selection from the Turner Bequest

Warrell, Ian

London: Tate Publications, 1995

160 p.

ISBN 1854371517

 

Turner, the fourth decade
Turner, the fourth decade: watercolours, 1820-1830

Warrell, Ian

London: Tate Gallery, 1991

72 p.

ISBN 185437057X

 

Turner inspired: in the light of Claude
Turner inspired: in the light of Claude

Warrell, Ian

London: National Gallery Co.; [New Haven, Conn.]: Distributed by Yale University Press, 2012

144 p.

ISBN 9781857095371

 

Turner on the Loire
Turner on the Loire

Warrell, Ian

London: Tate Gallery Publishing, 1997

256 p.

ISBN 1854372181

Turner on the Seine
Turner on the Seine

Warrell, Ian

London: Tate Gallery, [1999]

286 p.

ISBN 185437219X

 

J.M.W. Turner: vie et oeuvre
J.M.W. Turner: vie et oeuvre: catalogues des peintures et aquarelles

Wilton, Andrew

Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1979

526 p.

 

Turner and the Sublime
Turner and the Sublime

Wilton, Andrew

London: British Museum Publications, 1980

192 p.

ISBN 0714107786

 

Turner as draughtsman
Turner as draughtsman

Wilton, Andrew

Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005

167 p.

ISBN 0754600262

 

Articles
Archivo español de arte
Exposición de acuarelas y dibujos de Turner en el Museo del Prado

Arias Anglés, Enrique

A: Archivo español de arte

Madrid: CSIC. Departamento de Hª del Arte Diego Velázquez, Centro de Estudios Históricos, [1940]-

Núm. 221 (1983), p. 87-88.

ISSN 0004-0428

 

Galería Antiquaria
Turner: las acuarelas y el mar

Calvo Serraller, Francisco

A: Galería Antiquaria

Madrid: Grupo Antiquitas-2003, [1989]-

Núm. 209 (oct. 2002), p. 58-61.

ISSN 1130-2747

 

Descubrir el arte
La Exposición: Turner se sumerge en el mar

Doménech, Asunción

A: Descubrir el arte

Madrid: Arlanza, 1999-

Núm. 43 (set. 2002), 12-17.

ISSN 1578-9047

 

Album letras-artes
Turner y los maestros: Museo del Prado

Echevarría, Federico

A: Album letras-artes

Madrid: Album letras-artes, [1986]-

Núm. 101 (2010), p. 32-36.

ISSN 1131-6411

 

 

The Burlington Magazine
Turner’s theory of colouring

Holmes, C. J.

A: The Burlington Magazine

London: Burlington Magazine Publications, 1948-

Núm. 7 (abr. 1905), p. 409-415.

ISSN 0007-6287

 

Kermes
Un inedito duplice bozzetto di Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lapucci, Roberta; Borgioli, Leonardo

A: Kermes

Firenze: Nardini Editore, [1988]

Torino: Lexis, 2017

Núm. 101-102 (gen.- juny 2016), p. 109-115.

ISSN 1122-3197

 

 

Revista de Occidente
Turner: dibujos y acuarelas del Museo Británico

Mena Marqués, Manuela B.

A: Revista de Occidente

Madrid: Galo Sáez, 1923

Núm. 23 (1983), p. 130-136.

ISSN 0034-8635

 

 

Academia
Imágenes poéticas de lo sublime: equivalencias visuales retórica en la pintura de Turner

Raquejo Grado, Tonia

A: Academia

Madrid: la Academia, 1951

Núm. 80 (1995), p. 419-444.

ISSN 0567-560X

 

 

Studies in conservation
The materials and techniques of J. M. W. Turner: primings and supports

Townsend, Joyce H.

A: Studies in conservation

London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1952-2010; London: Maney Publishing, 2011-

Núm. 3 (nov. 1994), p. 145-153.

ISSN 0039-3630

 

 

Studies in conservation
The materials of J. M. W. Turner: pigments

Townsend, Joyce H.

A: Studies in conservation

London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1952-2010; London: Maney Publishing, 2011

Núm. 4 (nov. 1993), p. 231-254.

ISSN 0039-3630

 

The Burlington Magazine
Post tenebras lux: J.M.W. Turner, James Wyatt and the importance of stained glass

Wilton, Andrew

A: The Burlington Magazine

London: Burlington Magazine Publications, 1948

Núm. 1310 (maig 2012), p. 322-329.

ISSN 0007-6287

 

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Small exhibition catalogs
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Audiovisual resources
Turner, la llum és color. MNAC.
Available on Youtube

Miquel F Castanyer

Turner, la llum és color. MNAC.

18 June 2022

Turner la llum és color
Available on Youtube

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya Barcelona

Museografia de l’exposició “Turner la llum és color”

21 June 2022

The Genius of Turner
Available on YouTube

Turner Project

The Genius of Turner: Painting The Industrial Revolution

8 September 2018

 

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Blog posts
Blog Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
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Redacció museu

Sound itinerary for the exhibition “Turner. Light is colour”

Blog of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

20 May 2022