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About the talk
Throughout his life the great landscape painter J.M.W. Turner absorbed poetry, from the classics to the work of poets of his own time, and strove to write poetry himself. This talk looks at the way Turner used an abundant source of inspiration, and at his deep understanding of the way that writers create pictures with words, to which he responded by creating visual poetry. In his own words, ‘painting and poetry reflect each other’s beauties’.
About the speaker
Catherine Parry-Wingfield is an art historian with a long career in teaching and lecturing, specialising in the visual arts of 18th and early 19th century Britain and Europe. She was a trustee of Turner’s House Trust from its inception in 2005, and chair from 2013 to 2019, during which time she was actively engaged as a member of the conservation project team, particularly with the presentation of the interior. She has written two booklets, ‘J.M.W. Turner, R.A. – the artist and his house at Twickenham’ and ‘J.M.W. Turner and the ‘Matchless Vale of Thames’’ (available from Turner’s House), and an article for The London Gardener, 2012, ‘The Grounds of Sandycombe Lodge, J.M.W. Turner’s Country Retreat at Twickenham’.