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Constable

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John Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham Vale, the area on the borderland of Suffolk and north Essex surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. "I should paint my own places best", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, "painting is but another word for feeling".

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (14)

Stoke-by-Nayland

1836 · Oil on canvas

126 × 169 cm (49 5/8 × 66 1/2 in.); Framed: 170.2 × 212.1 × 16.6 cm (67 × 83 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A.: Old Sarum

1832 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A.: Spring. A Mill on a Common. Hail Squalls. East Bergholt, Suffolk

1832 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A.: Dell in the Woods of Helmingham Park, Suffolk

1830 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead

1828 · oil on canvas

Framed: 89 x 105.5 x 11.5 cm (35 1/16 x 41 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 60.6 x 78.1 cm (23 7/8 x 30 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

An Old Bridge at Salisbury

1826 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on off-white wove paper

Plate: 11.6 × 18 cm (4 5/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Chine: 12.8 × 18.5 cm (5 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 44.7 cm (12 1/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hampstead Heath, Looking Toward Harrow

1816 · oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Framed: 39 x 44.5 x 5 cm (15 3/8 x 17 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 25.9 x 31.3 cm (10 3/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape (The Lock)

1815 · Oil on canvas

71.5 × 92 cm (28 1/4 × 36 in.); Framed: 116.3 × 135.9 × 14 cm (45 3/4 × 53 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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