Title The Three Kings, Mitcham Artist John Doman Turner Date 1912 Medium Watercolour Dimensions 11 x 15in Distinguishing marks “The Three Kings, Mitcham, Surrey” signed and dated 1912 Collection Exhibitions The International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers: catalogue of the twelfth exhibition Source https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gorringes/catalogue-id-2801672/lot-9843362 Help us complete our research on John Doman Turner. If… Continue reading The Three Kings, Mitcham
Month: February 2022
Summer’s Secret Marigold by Kirsty Ferry – a new novel featuring John Doman Turner
Over the years, deaf British painter and former Camden Town Group member John Doman Turner has appeared in many novels. Firstly as Max Meyer in Esther Freud’s ‘The Sea House‘ (2004) inspired by the written correspondence between Spencer Gore and John Doman Turner from 1908 – 1913, where Turner learnt how to draw and paint.… Continue reading Summer’s Secret Marigold by Kirsty Ferry – a new novel featuring John Doman Turner
Fairground Frieze – Scroll
Title Fairground Frieze Artist John Doman Turner Date 1934 Medium Scroll, Pencil and watercolour on paper Dimensions Height: 22.5 cm, Length: 743 cm Distinguishing marks Collection V&A Museum Exhibitions Source V&A: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O120957/fairground-frieze-drawing-turner-john-doman/ Described by the V&A as a ‘very long paper frieze rolled around wooden ‘cotton reel’ composed of a series of pencil drawings and watercolours… Continue reading Fairground Frieze – Scroll
How our research led us to find where John Doman Turner’s ‘Fairground Frieze’ scroll is kept
For those of you that don’t know, John Doman Turner (25 October 1871 – 3 January 1938) was a deaf British painter and member of the Camden Town Group. There was little known about his works for many years, but in recent times, more and more of his work is beginning to surface – the most recent being… Continue reading How our research led us to find where John Doman Turner’s ‘Fairground Frieze’ scroll is kept
Mitcham Common
Title Mitcham Common Artist John Doman Turner Date 11th May 1912 Medium Watercolour Dimensions 28.1 x 38.1cm (11.1″ x 15″) Distinguishing marks Signed ‘J Doman Turner’. Titled ‘Mitcham Common’. Date inscribed ’11 5 1912′. Collection Private collection Exhibitions Camden Town Group 1912 third exhibition Source Featured in Camden Town Group third exhibition catalogue: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/camden-town-group/the-third-exhibition-of-the-camden-town-group-r1104604 John Doman Turner… Continue reading Mitcham Common