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the painter who set the sky on fire before anyone called it impressionism
means A person or thing that turns, especially a craftsperson who shapes wood, metal, or other material on a lathe — or, as a surname, the family name borne most famously by the English painter J. M. W. Turner.
from From Old English 'turnian' or 'tyrnan,' to rotate, itself drawn from Latin 'tornare,' to turn on a lathe (from 'tornus,' a lathe), with a likely nod to Greek 'tornos,' a tool for drawing circles. The '-er' is the plain old agent suffix: one who does the thing. So a turner was literally one who turns — and from that lathe-spinning trade grew the occupational surname, the kind of name that, like Smith or Baker, once told you exactly what a family did for a living.
- sky obsession
- chased storms and sunsets like a weather-mad lunatic
- art prize
- Britain's Turner Prize courts controversy in his name
- deathbed line
- reportedly said the sun is God
- masts and steam
- painted the future of trains before tracks were everywhere
- secret life
- lived under a false name to dodge fame
ted turner — founder of cnn and tbs, born 1938, billionaire media mogul
turner syndrome — genetic condition affecting approximately 1 in 2,500 live female births