This biography, reissued in its expanded 1845 edition, offers an informed portrait of a great artist through his personal correspondence.[...]
John Constable, one of the most beloved of British painters, is renowned for his poetic approach to nature and his extraordinary use of broken color. In this beautiful two-volume set, the dean of Constable scholars, Graham Reynolds, discusses all the paintings and drawings the artist produced betwee[...]
John Constable is known for his poetic approach to nature and his use of broken colour. In this work, all the paintings and drawings Constable produced between 1790 and 1816 are discussed, those both before and after his breakthrough into the original style that is the basis of his fame.[...]
Celebrated for his iconic depictions of the English countryside, particularly his beloved Stour valley, John Constable helped raise the status of landscape painting. Delphi's Masters of Art Series presents the world's first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of great [...]
John Constable is best known for his idyllic paintings of the English countryside. Yet he was also a brilliant innovator who brought a new vivacity to the observation of nature. He practiced oil painting in the open air, capturing in particular the 'effervescent' effects of atmospherics - as can be [...]
This exciting book presents a unique insight into Constable's working process through the V&A's unparalleled collection. It places the artist in the context of his historical and ongoing influence and charts Constable's progress, from his early works to the oils that helped to define our idea of the[...]
The remarkable naturalism of John Constable's paintings has always been acknowledged, and his 'vivid and timeless' (as he called them) oil sketches have been celebrated since the 1890s as precursors of Impressionism, modernism and photographic composition. He remains a powerful influence on contempo[...]