Turner

A pleasure to read. * Sunday Express *
Hamilton’s life gives us a real person … comprehensibly human and belonging clearly in the England of his time. * Scotsman *
Hamilton writes … with gusto, bringing Turner to vivid three-dimensional life. * The Times *
Turner was a phenomenon, a one-man artistic revolution whose energy can be felt through the pages of this inspiring biography. * Daily Telegraph *
Hamilton’s readable, unshowy life … excellent. * Mail on Sunday *
An excellent biography - revealing on the life, perceptive on the art. * Independent on Sunday *
Admirably clear – Desmond Shawe-Taylor * Observer *
A richly detailed biography … Hamilton maintains a steady course between academic respectability and an allowance for the drama and poignancy so clearly central to an accurate portrait of the subject * Los Angeles Times *
Very satisfying … detailed, judicious and confidently grounded in the period * Washington Post *
Lively * New Yorker *
Well researched and fluidly written * New York Review of Books *
A pleasure to read. * Sunday Express *
Hamilton’s life gives us a real person … comprehensibly human and belonging clearly in the England of his time. * Scotsman *
Hamilton writes … with gusto, bringing Turner to vivid three-dimensional life. * The Times *
Turner was a phenomenon, a one-man artistic revolution whose energy can be felt through the pages of this inspiring biography. * Daily Telegraph *
Hamilton’s readable, unshowy life … excellent. * Mail on Sunday *
An excellent biography - revealing on the life, perceptive on the art. * Independent on Sunday *
With splendid clarity and shrewd humour, James Hamilton evokes the visceral world of a great artist and a fascinating character. * Mike Leigh *

James Hamilton is an art historian with a passion for science too. He has curated many exhibitions, including various Turner exhibitions. He works at the University of Birmingham.

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