What role did John Ruskin play in managing J.M.W. Turner’s estate after Turner died?

Following the death of J.M.W. Turner in 1851, John Ruskin took on a significant administrative role as the chief artistic executor of the artist's estate. Between 1856 and 1858, he dedicated himself to this considerable body of work, managing the complex affairs surrounding Turner's legacy.1

This responsibility was a natural extension of Ruskin's long-standing commitment to Turner's work; Ruskin had spent years defending and explaining the artist's late paintings in his multi-volume work, Modern Painters. While Turner’s will led to protracted litigation with his relatives regarding his fortune, the paintings and drawings were eventually secured as the Turner Bequest, ensuring they became national property.123