C L A R K P O I N T G A L L E R Y
19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY PAINTINGS OF MAINE AND MOUNT DESERT ISLAND
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Ross Sterling Turner (1847-1915) Ross Turner was born 1847 in Westport, New York. His early career was spent working as a mechanical draftsman in Washington, D.C. In 1876 he traveled to Europe to study at the Munich Academy in Paris where he met fellow painters Frank Duveneck and Constantin Bolonachi. After a brief sojourn studying the Old Masters in Italy, he returned to America in 1882 and settled in Boston. He exhibited his watercolors and oils at the Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts 1882, 1890-1902, the National Academy of Design 1886, Boston Art Club and Harcourt Studios in Boston 1890. Turner was a member of the Artist Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club and the Boston Watercolor club. Absorbed into the world of art Turner wrote a book titled Art for the Eye - School Room Decoration and Use of Water colors for Beginners. In addition to maintaining a studio in Boston, he taught private lessons and began teaching at Massachusetts Normal Art School and in the architecture department at MIT. Turner’s marriage to Louise Blaney, Dwight Blaney’s oldest sister allowed for frequent visits to Maine and Mount Desert, as Dwight Blaney owned Iron Bound Island in Frenchman’s Bay.
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