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
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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
An evening of talks on John Doman Turner
We are excited to announce that the Walberswick Local History Group have invited us to talk about our research and findings on the ‘forgotten’ Camden Town Group artist, John Doman Turner (1871 – 1938). We will be joined by Esther Freud, author of ‘The Sea House‘. Her book tells the story of Max Meyer an… Continue reading An evening of talks on John Doman Turner