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James Turner (Africana Studies Scholar)
James Turner may refer to: Entertainment * James Alfred Turner (1850–1908), Australian painter * James Turner (illustrator) (active 2005–2008), Canadian writer and illustrator of graphic novels * James Turner (active 1930–1947) in List of ''Swallows and Amazons'' characters * James Turner (active since 2004), writer of the webcomic ''Beaver and Steve'' * James Turner (Active since 2010), British Character designer, Pokémon Art director for Pokémon franchise and creator of HarmoKnight and Tembo the Badass Elephant. Politics * James Turner (North Carolina politician) (1766–1824), U.S. governor and senator * James Turner (Maryland politician) (1783–1861), U.S. congressman * James Aspinall Turner (1797–1867), British businessman, entomologist and Whig politician * James Turner (Canadian politician) (1826–1889), Scottish merchant and political figure in Ontario * James Milton Turner (1840–1915), ambassador to Liberia and asst. superintendent of Missouri schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alfred Turner
James Alfred Turner (J. A. Turner, 1850–1908) was an Australian painter. Turner recorded in painstaking detail the life and daily pursuits of the small rural settler in the mountain ranges to the north and north east of Melbourne, the capital of the State of Victoria, Australia. At the time this was “battlers country”, life was hard and pleasures simple. Photography was alive and well in Turners time, yet no camera could have captured the spirit of an age and lifestyle like he did. He painted in great detail and his pictures provide vibrant studies of daily life. He should be studied and valued for this skill alone. This was his great unrecognised contribution to Australian art. Turner was quite prolific and his style instantly recognisable. Like S. T. Gill who became famous for his paintings of life on the Victorian Goldfields, Turner seems to have set out to record a specific facet of Victorian life. He painted mainly rural scenes and recorded faithfully the typical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |