{"product_id":"9780712666046-secondhand-standing-in-the-sun-life-of-j-m-w-turner","title":"Standing in the Sun: Life of J.M.W. Turner","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition.  See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.  A description of our secondhand books is not always available.  Please contact  us if you have a question about this title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Anthony Bailey\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 512\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Mallord William Turner's work encompasses seascape and landscape, oil paintings and watercolours. The son of a Covent Garden barber and a woman who died in Bethlehem mental hospital, Turner achieved fame and fortune during his lifetime. Although he possessed a wide-ranging imagination, he was an often incoherent speaker and writer, and his muddled will produced much discord. It is a wonder that, despite avaricious relatives and incompetent lawyers, so many of his works are now in the hands of the British nation, and publicly proclaim his genius. Anthony Bailey has set out to write a biography of the man, not a book about his paintings. Both lonely and gregarious, private and vainglorious, Turner's character was full of contradictions, and Bailey attempts to describe them.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44275211436251,"sku":"9780712666046-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/products\/9780712666046-us.jpg?v=1695368001","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780712666046-secondhand-standing-in-the-sun-life-of-j-m-w-turner","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}