Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook313 pages3 hours
Percy Moore Turner: Connoisseur, Impresario and Art Dealer
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Grudgingly acknowledged as the main mentor for the Courtaulds in building their art collections, the London and Paris art dealer, Percy Moore Turner, is now largely forgotten in this country. Yet, in France, he was honoured by the French Government with the award of Officer and then Commander of the Legion d’Honneur and feted by the Museums of France with specially struck medals.
In this, the first biography of Percy Moore Turner, his granddaughter, who has access to his few remaining business papers and unpublished autobiography, has researched his life and career.
Involved with the Bloomsbury Group from before the First World War, he was actively courted by Roger Fry at the end of the War to manage an artists’ association for them when Turner was still serving in the Army. Instead, Turner promoted them when he opened his London Gallery with some success until 1925 when the Group, embarrassed by the financial losses caused by them to him, ‘sacked’ him on friendly terms.
Born in Halifax in 1877 into a family of hosiers and haberdashers, Turner’s life and career spanned two World Wars and periods of economic volatility. He tirelessly promoted modern French art internationally and built up a client base which included Dr Albert Barnes, John Quinn, Charles Lang Freer, Samuel Courtauld, Russell Colman and Frank Hindley Smith. A longstanding friend of Kenneth Clark, Turner strove to ensure that his own art collection was placed appropriately in museums and galleries throughout Britain and France, considering himself merely the custodian of the pictures he owned.
Contents: 1. Childhood - Halifax to Norwich 2. Getting started 3. Gallery Barbazanges 4. Starting again – The Independent Gallery 5. Exhibitions and the Oxford Arts Club 6. The War Years 1939-1945 7. The Final Years 8. Photographs and Illustrations 9. Postscript 10. Acknowledgements 11. Abbreviations 12. Index
In this, the first biography of Percy Moore Turner, his granddaughter, who has access to his few remaining business papers and unpublished autobiography, has researched his life and career.
Involved with the Bloomsbury Group from before the First World War, he was actively courted by Roger Fry at the end of the War to manage an artists’ association for them when Turner was still serving in the Army. Instead, Turner promoted them when he opened his London Gallery with some success until 1925 when the Group, embarrassed by the financial losses caused by them to him, ‘sacked’ him on friendly terms.
Born in Halifax in 1877 into a family of hosiers and haberdashers, Turner’s life and career spanned two World Wars and periods of economic volatility. He tirelessly promoted modern French art internationally and built up a client base which included Dr Albert Barnes, John Quinn, Charles Lang Freer, Samuel Courtauld, Russell Colman and Frank Hindley Smith. A longstanding friend of Kenneth Clark, Turner strove to ensure that his own art collection was placed appropriately in museums and galleries throughout Britain and France, considering himself merely the custodian of the pictures he owned.
Contents: 1. Childhood - Halifax to Norwich 2. Getting started 3. Gallery Barbazanges 4. Starting again – The Independent Gallery 5. Exhibitions and the Oxford Arts Club 6. The War Years 1939-1945 7. The Final Years 8. Photographs and Illustrations 9. Postscript 10. Acknowledgements 11. Abbreviations 12. Index
Unavailable
Author
Sarah A. M. Turner
Sarah A. M. Turner is the granddaughter of Percy Moore Turner and has researched his life since 2012. She spent her career working for the NHS, and having retired she splits her time between beekeeping, gardening, walking, Chinese brush painting and fundraising with the other committee members of Buckinghamshire Art Fund Committee.
Read more from Sarah A. M. Turner
Percy Moore Turner: Connoisseur, Impresario and Art Dealer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Miners' Welfare Fund 1921-1952: The Greatest Piece of Social Reform of its Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Percy Moore Turner
Related ebooks
J.M.W. Turner: A Biography Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJ.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSkelmanthorpe, Clayton West & District: A Denby & District Archive Photograph Album Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDenby Dale, Scissett, Ingbirchworth & District: A Denby & District Archive Photography Album Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJoseph Mallord William Turner and artworks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pink Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Little Turner: A Fun and Cultural Moment for the Whole Family! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lilac Fairy Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Violet Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pocket Guide to the Unheralded Artists of BC Series: The Life and Art of–Jack Akroyd, George Fertig, Mary Filer, Jack Hardman, Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, LeRoy Jenson, David Marshall, Frank Molnar, Arthur Pitts, Mildred Valley Thornton, Ina D.D. Uhthoff, Harry Webb, Jessie Webb. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTurner's Golden Visions: Book I/II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJ. M. W. Turner Drawings: Colour Plates Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Grey Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Orange Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Crimson Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Brown Fairy Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Yellow Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Olive Fairy Book - Illustrated by H. J. Ford Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJohn Piper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn and out of Bloomsbury: Biographical essays on twentieth-century writers and artists Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnd the Champagne Still Flows: The Biography of Madame Marie Rappold, Diva of the Metropolitan Opera Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pre-Raphaelites Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thackeray: The Life of a Literary Man Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rookwood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Etchings of Charles Meryon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForty Years of 'Spy' Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWatts (1817-1904) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHolbein Portrait Drawings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEdward Arnold: 100 Years of Publishing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Artists and Musicians For You
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gary Larson and The Far Side Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Woman in Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Would Leave Me If I Could.: A Collection of Poetry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of The War of Art: by Steven Pressfield | Includes Analysis Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leonardo da Vinci Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Meaning of Mariah Carey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Elvis and Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rememberings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Frida Kahlo: An Illustrated Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gender Madness: One Man's Devastating Struggle with Woke Ideology and His Battle to Protect Children Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Tommyland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bowie: An Illustrated Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5More Myself: A Journey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Born to Run Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5James Baldwin: A Biography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/550 Great Love Letters You Have To Read (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Percy Moore Turner
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews