Category: News

Art UK publish our article on John Doman Turner including some new works discovered

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

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

Update on John Doman Turner’s Southwold scrolls

In a recent newsletter published by the Walberswick Local History Group in February 1998, it has come to our attention that the Southwold scrolls need some support to prevent them from disappearing. John English of the Walberswick Local History Group writes… “The last Newsletter (no. 52) was largely devoted to the Walberswick scroll, painted by… Continue reading Update on John Doman Turner’s Southwold scrolls

Penelope Keith visits the Walberswick Scroll

What a wonderful start to the year, watching John Doman Turner’s ‘Walberswick Scroll’ make an appearance on More 4’s ‘Penelope Keith’s Coastal Villages‘. The film crew recorded the footage in Walberswick during the annual village fete in 2017. Featured in the broadcast is John English of the Walberswick Local History Group, who took over from… Continue reading Penelope Keith visits the Walberswick Scroll

Walberswick Scroll to make another TV appearance

We are delighted to inform you that former Camden Town Group member and British artist John Doman Turner’s ‘Walberswick Scroll’ is set to feature on a future episode of Channel 4’s ‘Penelope Keith’s Hidden Coastal Villages’. Penelope Keith and her film crew recently took a visit down to the Suffolk village during their annual village… Continue reading Walberswick Scroll to make another TV appearance

The Day of the Scroll and an Evening of talks on John Doman Turner

The September edition of the Walberswick Local History Group newsletter has published a fantastic review on The Day of the Scroll, along with our evening talk about John Doman Turner with Esther Freud. The wonderful John English writes… ‘Saturday 13th May 2017 provided a unique opportunity for those interested in the Walberswick scroll and it’s… Continue reading The Day of the Scroll and an Evening of talks on John Doman Turner

ITV News report

We are delighted to be featured on the following ITV News report from this weekend’s showing of the Walberswick Scroll, filmed by ITV’s Kate Proud. You can hear Richard Scott (Art historian), Esther Freud (author of ‘The Sea House’) and my father all talking about John Doman Turner. The video was accompanied by an article… Continue reading ITV News report

In search of Walter Sickert’s pupils

Wendy Baron, an independent scholar and former Director of the Government Art Collection, and author of numerous texts on Walter Sickert and the Camden Town Group recently published an article on website Art UK, in her search to find more info about Walter Sicker’s pupils – https://artuk.org/discover/stories/in-search-of-sickerts-pupils In Baron’s latest article, she writes that in… Continue reading In search of Walter Sickert’s pupils