Turner's Watercolour Explorations 1810-1842

About this book

This volume illustrates Turners watercolor sketches early studies for finished works and finished and unfinished drawings. Although many of the designs appear to be abstract Turner was not creating non-representational images but was employing a rapid "visual shorthand". These glowing fluid pictures remain among Turners most popular works. Turners Watercolour Explorations explains the creative process that underlies these images and the interpretive techniques which have been used to analyze them. Many of their subjects are identified and the pictures are arranged for the first time according to their subject-matter and historical purpose.