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This new monograph explores the career of John Constable (1776-1837), one of the most important nineteenth-century British artists and the quintessential English landscapist.

Jonathan Clarkson

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Price: USD$69.95

700 points

Specifications

Hardback
English
290 x 250 mm, 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in
224 pp
150 colour illustrations, 25 black and white illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780714842950
ISBN-10: 0714842958

Overview

John Constable (1776–1837), a giant of British landscape painting, was one of the most influential painters of the nineteenth century
Examines the artist’s life and works through detailed discussion of individual paintings as well as his techniques (including his preparatory oil sketches and his pioneering experimentation in painting en plein air)
This accessible monograph clearly establishes Constable’s career within the social and historical context of nineteenth-century Britain, drawing on the very latest Constable scholarship
Illustrates all Constable’s most admired paintings, such as Flatford Mill (1817; Tate, London), The Hay Wain (1821; National Gallery, London) and Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds (1823; Victoria and Albert Museum, London), alongside some of his lesser-known portraits, drawings and sketches

About the author(s)

Jonathan Clarkson lectures on the history and theory of art at the School of Art and Design, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. He has written widely on Constable and was co-editor of Constable and Wivenhoe Park: Reality and Vision (2000). He has also published essays on contemporary painting, photography and sculpture, and was co-editor of Sense of Place (2006) documenting a Europe-wide programme of exhibitions of site-specific art.