Constable subject of art programme
John Constable is the sub- ! ject of Sunday’s episode of “Romantic versus Classic Art.” Along with Turner, he dominated English landscape painting during the nineteenth century. In contrast to Gericault I
-,and Turner who dealt with f nature’s destructive forces, : Constable drew his inspira- , tion from his love of nature. ■ He saw nature as a source iof everything good and healthy. Constable was slow to dis- [ play his talents as a painter. It was only in 1811, at the age of 35, that he discovered his ability for orginal and first-class work. He sketched constantly from die many fine examples of nature he saw around him in the English countryside. While he was appreciated in France, recognition in England was slow and he was ■ not accepted as a Fellow of ; the Royal Academy until 1829. Constable’s influence j on the development of land- : scape painting was tremendous and today he is con- ; sidered to be the first modem 1 painter. I
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33938, 3 September 1975, Page 4
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