JOHN CONSTABLE(1776-1837)

WE SEE NOTHING TRULY UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND IT.

Nadya Sankina, group 751

BIOGRAPHY

Was born on 11 June 1776 in East Bergholt in Suffolk

Entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1799

Married Maria Bicknell in 1816

‘The Hay Wain’ won a gold medal at the Salon in Paris in 1824,

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT

Worked out his own technique of painting

Made preparatory sketches

Did a series of paintings devoted to the scenes on the river Stour Storm Clouds, 1798

THE HAY WAIN (1821)

The National Gallery, London

An oil on canvas painting

Stendhal: “The mirror of nature”

MALVERN HALL IN WARWICKSHIRE (1809)

The Tate Gallery, London The residence of of Henry Greswolde

Lewis, friend of the painter Recalls a long tradition of country

house portraiture which goes back to the 17th century

MALVERN HALL IN WARWICKSHIRE (1809)

THE “SKYING” PERIOD (1821-1822)

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A Hayfield at East Bergholt, 1812