Andrew Turner chronicled the lives of ordinary people. Blending the drama of seventeenth-century Dutch painting with impressionist brushwork, he drew on jazz and his daily experiences in the neighborhoods of Chester and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “I tend to measure the success of my pieces by how they stand up technically, emotionally, and innovatively to a Coltrane solo or whether I’ve captured the spirit of the occasion, à la Ellington,” he said. Rendered in lyrical, fluid brushwork and soft, vibrating color, The Jazz Band depicts a saxophonist playing in a smoke-filled room.

Turner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia. He taught art in correctional centers and in the public school system in Chester for many years. An artist-in-residence and curator at the Deshong Museum in Chester, he also served as lecturer at Widener University, Chester, and at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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