Brought up in a poor country family, he trained as a sculptor first, then switched to painting. A selection of his early social realist works, comparable with those of Jules Bastien-Lepage.
Brendekilde
Into the 20th century, with superb paintings from Hodler and William Merritt Chase, to Marsden Hartley.
Turner’s innovation was driven by his desire to explore colour contrasts and texture. But it led him to lapses in technique which have damaged his paintings.
The Eclectic Light Company 