SPOTLIGHT ON WILLIAM TURNER 'OF OXFORD': MEMBERS' PRINT ROOM VISIT

An Exclusive Talk for Members of the Ashmolean

This event takes place in-person in the New Douce Print Room, meet at the Welcome Desk

Choose one of two sessions: 2-3pm or 3-4pm

Tickets are £25 each. Booking is essential

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With Timothy Wilcox, writer, curator and lecturer

Join Timothy for this exclusive visit to the New Douce Print Room, exploring the works of William Turner 'of Oxford'.

Born just four years after his celebrated namesake J.M.W. Turner, William Turner ‘of Oxford’ lived most of his life in the great man’s shadow. Both were landscape painters, but the local man’s art was no pale imitation of the other’s. 

View of Oxford from Headington, William Turner of Oxford, c. 1840, watercolour over indications in graphite on paper

Having grown up in the Oxfordshire countryside, Turner ‘of Oxford’ understood that landscape was not an unchanging constant, but a dynamic expression of the lives of the often humble workers who populated it.

His concern for physical and social change, from the North of Scotland to the Isle of Wight, is evident from the Ashmolean’s rich collections of his drawings and watercolours.

BOOKING

This event takes place in-person in the New Douce Print Room

Choose one of two sessions: 2-3pm or 3-4pm

Tickets are £25 each and only available to Members of the Ashmolean. Booking is essential

Tickets coming soon

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