John Constable (1776-1837)
John Constable, perhaps the greatest and most original of all British landscape artists, is renowned especially for his views of the Stour Vally in Suffolk, Salisbury Cathedral and Hampstead Health. He was brought up in the country, and out of his deep love for English landscape grew a determination to record its beauty: to capture its moistness, light and atmosphere, as well as its shapes and colours. Today, Constable's genius is acknowledged throughout the world, but during his own lifetime, landscape painting was unfashionable, and the artist was forced to struggle for recognition. He was 39 before he sold his first landscape. And although his magnificent paintings were acclaimed in France, the Royal Academy in London refused him full membership until 1829 - just eight years before his death.
First sign of Masterpieces
- East Bergholt House / The Tate Gallery
- The Hay Wain / National Gallery of London
- The Stour Valley and Dedham Church / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Salisbury Cathedral / Victoria and Albert Museum
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