John Constable was an English landscape painter of the 19th century who was highly esteemed in France.
Born on June 11, 1776 in East Bergholt, Suffolk.
Died on March 31, 1837 in London.
With the support of the art collector Sir George Beaumont, John Constable studied under Benjamin West at the Royal Academy. At first, his early work consisted of history paintings and of some religious works, before reaching his true genre of landscape painting. In his cloud studies, which he created from 1821 onwards, his ability of exact observation of nature was revealed. Even though his paintings remained focused on romantic content, he found his way to an almost impressionistic style of painting, using spatula and great emotion in the ductus for his work. |
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Oil Paintings