Autor/-in: Walter Thornbury

Walter Thornbury (1828-1876), journalist, historian, novelist, critic, poet and travel writer, is best remembered for his biography of Turner, and Old and New London. Hugely prolific and controversial, he died of over-work at the age of only 47. Ian Warrell is an independent curator specializing in British art of the 19th century. He has written extensively on Turner and has curated exhibitions worldwide on many aspects of his art. His latest publication with Pallas Athene is Impressions in Watercolour: Turner and his Contemporaries.