9 août 2017
First ever exhibition to be devoted solely to Turner's obsession with the sun opens
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Going to the Ball (San Martino), exhibited 1846. © Tate. WINCHESTER .- In the weeks prior to his death, J.M.W. Turner is said to have declared (to John Ruskin) ‘The Sun is God’ – what he meant by this, no-one really knows,...