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Early 19th Century

$23,669.09
£17,500
€21,366.35
CA$33,752.06
A$34,607.06
CHF 19,717.85
MX$440,518.20
NOK 226,488.97
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John Constable 1776 - 1837, was an English painter born in Suffolk and is known for his most famous landscapes of East Anglia. His father was a wealthy corn merchant and this enabled John Constable to become a painter, it is through various biographies claimed that he was never financially successful and if one counts his earnings from art this is a fair claim, however he was extremely wealthy himself and his wife also. The images enclosed are from the position of before and after conservation, the previous condition of the painting had shown signs of previous restoration all of which has been removed and now conserved which has been carried out by a leading conservator. The picture is unsigned. I have included a brief biography of the painter. John Constable (1776–1837) was a central figure in British Romanticism and a pioneer of naturalist landscape painting. Born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, East Anglia, his work was deeply rooted in the rural environs of the Stour Valley, a region now frequently termed Constable Country. Rejecting the idealised, classically composed landscapes of the eighteenth-century tradition, Constable sought to capture the physical reality of nature through direct observation. He famously prioritised the "chiaroscuro of nature," focusing on the transient effects of light, atmosphere, and cloud formations. His technical approach was revolutionary; he used thick impasto and "Constable’s snow"—small flecks of white paint—to simulate the shimmer of sunlight on water and foliage. Although he struggled for institutional recognition in England, not being elected a Royal Academician until the age of 52, Constable found significant success in France. His masterpiece, The Hay Wain (1821), won a gold medal at the 1824 Paris Salon and profoundly influenced the Barbizon School, impressionists, and the eventual development Constable’s practice of creating full-scale oil sketches remains a subject of intense scholarly interest. These sketches often possess a gestural energy and emotional intensity that rival his finished "six-footers." His legacy is defined by a commitment to the local and the everyday, elevating the English landscape to a subject of profound philosophical and national importance.
  • Creation Year:
    Early 19th Century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Circle Of:
    (Circle of) John Constable (1776 - 1837, British)
  • Period:
    Early 19th Century
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Douglas, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: No.2711stDibs: LU2373218008712

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