The Artist on Camera: Mike Leigh Recreates the Life and Times of a Great Painter in MR. TURNER

by Colin B. Bailey

The opening frames of Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner show the sun rising over a river with a windmill and two immaculate milkmaids, giggling as they walk. It is a scene worthy of Rembrandt or Cuyp, old masters Turner would have had in mind as he sketched the Dutch landscape during his visit to Holland in the summer of 1825. Continue reading →