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The Patriot.(J.M.W. Turner)(Critical essay)
Poor old Turner: one minute the critics were singing his praises, the next they were berating him for being senile or infantile, or both. No great painter suffered as much from excesses of adulation and execration, sometimes for the same painting. "Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying--Typhon Coming On" had, on its appearance at the Royal Academy, in 1840, been mocked by the reviewers as "the contents of a spittoon," a "gross outrage to nature," and so on. The critic of the Times thought the seven pictures--including "Slavers"--that Turner sent to the Royal Academy that year were such "detestable absurdities" that "it is surprising the [selection] committee have ...
- The Royal Academy Showman; He is co-curating the summer exhibition, stars in a...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) June 6, 2006 700+ words
...entered the portals of the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington...why not go into the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition for...BBC2. Crucial to the Royal Academy's annual salon, which...ft Virgin Mother, Turner Prize-winner Martin...
- The Royal Academy at Somerset House. (Books about Antiques).
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Mayor, Alfred August 1, 2002 700+ words
The English Royal Academy of Arts held its annual...was Joseph Mallord William Turner who brought only the vaguest...During the varnishing days Turner would in effect paint his...monochromatic sea scene by Turner was placed next to John...
- School for scandal; The Royal Academy.(School of Genius: A History of the Royal...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 22, 2006 700+ words
...farmer--was commissioned by the Royal Academy (RA) to give them "an outsider...the early decades. J.M.W. Turner stands out, as does John Constable...School of Genius: A History of the Royal Academy of Arts. By James Fenton.
- Soccer boss gifts gallery [pounds sterling]3m - and a Degas loan; MILLIONAIRE...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) February 26, 2004 700+ words
...money deal with the Royal Academy of Arts. Publishing...finest works from the Royal Academy's permanent collection...Horse, a selection of Turner prints, David Hockney...everybody who visits the Royal Academy." The Royal Academy...
- Weatherproof. (British watercolor painting, Royal Academy, London, England)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 30, 1993 700+ words
...paintings that runs at London's Royal Academy until April 12th and then goes...water-colourist, J.M.W. Turner, bridged the gap, painting...almost scientific precision. Turner's startling "Head of a Heron...if I had it to give." Turner also made beautiful watercolour...
- VICTORIAN VISIONS ART FROM LONDON'S ROYAL ACADEMY COMMANDS ATTENTION AT THE...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Hackett, Regina September 18, 1999 700+ words
...Victorian Art From London's Royal Academy.'' Like a tactful plastic surgeon...Louise was not a member of the Royal Academy. Had she been male, she might...favorite artist was J.M.W. Turner (not in this show), although...
- Painter took her talent for teaching art to old school; Royal Academy chance...
- Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) July 21, 2009 700+ words
...Village of Zennor was accepted by the Royal Academy for its 1950 Summer Exhibition...followed by appearances at the Royal Academy in 1952, 1955 and 1957. By this...market won the prestigious Derrick Turner Prize in Cardiff in 1990. Her...
- The Royal Academy sells its soul.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) June 9, 2006 700+ words
...been abandoned altogether TO REVIEW the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition used, a quarter...Wilding and David Mach, both sometime Turner Prize candidates, who have steered the...course, by Martin Creed, winner of the Turner Prize in 2001 with a less welldressed...