We enjoyed a summer's evening at Turner's House, with the privilege of a private tour conducted by the museum director, Dr Matthew Morgan. In conjunction with the Tate, Turner’s House hosted the first exhibition to examine the work of JMW Turner seen through the lens of environmental issues.
Turner’s era was an age of enormous transformation as the Industrial Revolution brought urban sprawl, factories and furnaces to England’s green and pleasant land – and unlike many contemporary artists, Turner both acknowledged and confronted these changes in landscape and atmosphere through his art. The exhibition, displayed in the intimacy of the artist’s former retreat in Twickenham, included a small collection of paintings and drawings including the rarely-seen oil painting Sunset (1830-35), the original drawing of London from Greenwich (1808-09) and Fire at the Grand Storehouse of the Tower of London (1841).
At Kirker we regularly have events, ranging from private talks to musical performances, and warmly invite our clients to join our upcoming events.
