Which artist's work did John Ruskin defend in his first volume of Modern Painters?
Pablo Picasso
Vincent Van Gogh
J. M. W. Turner
Claude Monet
Answer
John Ruskin first came to widespread attention with the first volume of Modern Painters (1843), an extended essay in defence of the work of J. M. W. Turner. He argued that the principal role of the artist is "truth to nature".
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