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Episode 2 - Mr. Turner
Season 5 · Episode 2

Episode 2 - Mr. Turner

Wigs and Candles · Andreina Romero and Gabriela Mörken-Romero

January 17, 20251h 7m

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Show Notes

Gaby and Andreina continue their exploration of art through period film and discuss the film Mr. Turner.

Directed by Mike Leigh and starring Timothy Spall as the English romantic painter J. M. W. Turner, the movie tells the story of the painter during the last 50 years of his life when he was at the peak of his artistic abilities.

Gaby and Andreina discuss Timothy Spall's portrayal of the painter and how the tone and style of the movie shape our perception of Turner's art.

Links and sources:

J. M. W. Turner

Untold Lives Blog: Hannah Danby – JMW Turner’s housekeeper

The Art of the Sublime

J.M.W. Turner RA (1775 - 1851)