Turner, after the age of fifty, is bitter - his ambiguous relationship with his maid, his attachment to his father, and his relationship with his mistress seem to fit the British definition of a decent gentleman. But looking back, perhaps only in this way can he be awe-inspiring and impressive. As a painter who was absolutely "avant-garde" at that time, how could his life be the same as that of ordinary people? It must have been a unique experience different from ordinary people that prompted him to find the moment in his paintings that gave him peace of mind.
I thought that the reason why Turner's pursuit of light was so persistent might have a great relationship with his daily life. The early death of his mother, the doting of his father, and various imperfections in real life made his heart shattered and his life bleak. He left, even abandoned his original family, and then pursued the only painting that he could master alone. Consolation - find the light, find the light that is equal to God! No matter how strong the wind and rain, how high the waves, how early the sunrise, how dark the sunset, Turner's eyes can always find the existence of light in the complicated world. These lights and shadows show colorful and wonderful in different situations. He is more unique and profound than anyone around him. I think that these wonderful moments of light and shadow may be exactly Turner's own portrayal of life, which may be dim, dazzling, strong, weak, eye-catching, or looming. With the growth of age, when people have become more and more difficult to understand his abstract and fuzzy paintings, only lines and colors of light and shadow paintings are left, he seems to have become a loner in an era. This loneliness is due to his concentration. This "focus" is by no means a compliment to his life. To a certain extent, it is more like a punishment of unfair fate, a kind of self-healing that numbs the pain. He seemed to cast all his pain and comfort into a dark shadow.
We always say that abstract painting is rich in connotation, isn’t it precisely because abstract painters have stripped away all kinds of mundane masks and expressed the most profound brushstrokes in a way that is closest to the heart? In Turner's time, abstract painting had not yet emerged, and Turner was the first famous British artist to try abstract painting, and his theme was this ever-changing light, which refers to our ever-changing emotions. Just imagine, if he had a happy family, his paintings would not have any different perspectives than others, let alone this unique style, and he would not win what sounds ridiculous now, but was really ironic at the time A ridicule, but a vulgar compliment and compliment.
No matter what, Turner is focused, as he is on himself, as well as on painting. This focus created his loneliness in his later years, and directly or indirectly transmitted this loneliness to everyone around him, including his father, his children, his maids, and his mistresses. He's by no means perfect, but who wants him to be? Like every one of us, he is disturbed by emotions and desires, and desperately seeks God's forgiveness and self-liberation, but he has found a great and unique way of expressing himself. A dazzling moment of light and shadow.
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