Andrew WiltonTurner In His Time

I bought this as a birthday present for my son, who lives in Spain, so it was a little time before I was able to ask his opinion...now I have it! He says that he would definitely give it a 5 star. He felt that it was full of interesting facts about Turner's Life and his works which he did not know before...and discovered paintings he had not seen before. I chose Turner because I know that it is one of my son's favourite painters. Having seen some of the other books I would recommend this. It is the most excellent value for money .

Turner was a painter way ahead of his time - I love his work, especially his later, more impressionistic style. Andrew Wilton's book is both a superb biography and a great catalogue of his work. The colour reproductions, on good quality paper, are good for a book of this size even if some of the colours seem a little muted compared to the originals - this, I assume, is down to limitations of the printing process. Even so, I rate this book 5 stars overall!

Being a massive Turner fan, I'm an enthusiast collector of books about his work. This one, I must say, it's without any doubt the best of all. Perfect format, fantastic printing (which is very hard to achieve without distorting the magnificent colours of the original paintings) and a brilliant original investigation about his life is something that definitely you are not going to find in any other publication. Plus, is much cheaper via Amazon UK than at the very Tate Britain shop. Absolutely recommended.

If you are a follower of Turner's work this book is an excellent read, it also proves an eclectic mix of illustrations that are laid out with the appropriate text so one doesn't need to search for them. Although I have read most books on this subject I found this one a useful edition, well written and well researched. Anyone who has seen the film Mr.Turner would find this book fills in missing links and sorts out the conjecture. If you like Turner, I would highly recommend it.

This is a beautiful, heavy book, very extensive. Unfortunately I had to return it to Amazon as, once again, the book was damaged through careless, too tight packaging. This has happened twice before so I will no longer order beautiful coffee table books from Amazon.