Description - Late Constable by Anne Lyles
One of Britain's greatest landscape painters, John Constable (17761837) was brought up in Dedham Vale, the valley of the River Stour in Suffolk. The eldest son of a wealthy mill owner, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1800 at the age of 24, and thereafter committed himself to painting nature out of doors. His 'six-footers', such as The Hay Wain and The Leaping Horse, were designed to promote landscape as a subject and to stand out in the Academy's Annual Exhibition. Despite this, he sold few paintings in his lifetime and was elected a Royal Academician late in his career. With texts by leading authorities on the artist, this handsome book looks at the near-abstract quality of Constable's late works, and examines his influence upon later schools of painting, from the Impressionists to the Abstract Expressionists. SELLING POINTS: . A fascinating study of the art and influence of one of Britain's greatest landscape painters . Accompanies an exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, 30 October 2021 13 February 2022 100 colour illustrations
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