We are delighted that the website Art UK, the online home for every public art collection in the UK, has added at our request a biography page about John Doman Turner. This is associated with his work ‘The Joy Wheel‘ which is held by Southampton Art Gallery (but not on public display). We also wrote… Continue reading Art UK publish our article on John Doman Turner including some new works discovered
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Visit the Walberswick Scroll in May 2022
Interested in seeing the Walberswick scroll? The next showing will take place at The Heritage Hut, The Green, Walberswick, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6TT on Sunday 1st May 2022 at 10am, 11am and 12pm. Click here for more details.
Getting access to John Doman Turner’s ‘first’ scroll of Ferry Road, Southwold
John Doman Turner’s most adventurous works include four scrolls completed during the latter part of his life. If you are a regular visitor of this website, you will have heard us talk about the Walberswick, Trinity Fair and Fairground Frieze scrolls. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the Ferry Road scroll. In 2017,… Continue reading Getting access to John Doman Turner’s ‘first’ scroll of Ferry Road, Southwold
Ferry Road – Scroll
Title Ferry Road Artist John Doman Turner Date c.1930 – 1931 Medium Scroll Dimensions Distinguishing marks Collection Southwold Museum Exhibitions Source Southwold Museum: https://www.southwoldmuseum.org/ Richard Scott talks about the Ferry Road scroll in his book ‘Artists at Walberswick’, he writes ‘In 1930 Doman Turner had performed a practice run (of the Walberswick Scroll) by painting a… Continue reading Ferry Road – Scroll
The Three Kings, Mitcham
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
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
St Mary’s Church, Beddington, Surrey
Title St Mary’s Church, Beddington, Surrey Artist John Doman Turner Date c. 1919 Medium Watercolour signed, inscribed and dated framed Dimensions Distinguishing marks Collection Exhibitions Source https://www.parkinfineart.co.uk/john-doman-turner Help us complete our research on John Doman Turner. If you know anything about this work or spot any errors, please do contact us and let us… Continue reading St Mary’s Church, Beddington, Surrey