John Constable
John Constable Biography
John Constable was one of the major European landscape artists of the XIX century, whose art was admired by Delacroix and Gericault and influenced the masters of Barbizon and even the Impressionists, although he did not achieved much fame during his lifetime in England, his own country. John Constable was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, on 11 June 1776, the fourth child and second son of Ann and Golding Constable. His father was a prosperous local corn merchant who inherited his business from an uncle in 1764. Constable was educated at Dedham Grammar School, where he distinguished himself more by his draughtsmanship than his scholarship. In 1793 his father decided to train him as a miller and, consequently, Constable spent a year working on the family mill, which helped him to determine his course of life: he would be an artist.
John Constable 44 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- Dedham Church And Vale.
1800. Pen, ink and watercolour on paper. Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Dedham Vale.
1802. Oil on canvas. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
- The Stour Valley From Higham.
c.1804. Oil on canvas. Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.
- 'His Majesty's Ship "Victory", Capt. E. Harvey, In The Memorable Battle...
1806. Watercolour on paper. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
- 'A Church Porch' (The Church Porch, East Bergholt).
1809. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
- Malvern Hall.
1809. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
- Dedham Vale: Morning.
1811. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
- East Bergholt Church.
1811. Watercolour on paper. The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, UK.
- Landscape: Boys Fishing.
1813. Oil on canvas. National Trust, Fairhaven Collection, Anglesea Abbey, UK.
- Landscape: Ploughing Scene In Suffolk (A Summerland).
1814. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
- View Of Dedham.
1814. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
- Boatbuilding.
1814. Oil on canvas. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
- Golding Constable's Flower Garden.
1815. Oil on canvas. Ipswich, Museums and Galleries, UK.
- Golding Constable's Kitchen Garden.
1815. Oil on canvas. Ipswich, Museums and Galleries, UK.
- Wivenhoe Park.
1816. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
- Weymouth Bay.
1816. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.
- Flatford Mill.
1817. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
- The White Horse.
1819. Oil on canvas. The Frick Collection, New York, USA.
- Hampstead Heath.
c.1820. Oil on canvas. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.
- Harwich Light-House.
c.1820. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
John Constable Bibliography
John Constable. The Man and His Work. by C. Peacock. London. 1965.
John Constable. by A. Tchegodayev. Moscow. 1968.
John Constable’s Correspondence. by R. B. Beckett. London. 1968.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
Constable (World of Art) by Michael Rosenthal. Thames & Hudson, 1987.
Memoirs of the Life of John Constable (Arts & Letters) by Charles Robert Leslie, Jonathan Mayne (Editor). Phaidon Press Inc., 1995.
The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable: Text and Plates by Graham Reynolds. Paul Mellon Center, 1996.
Constable: The Life and Masterworks by Barry Venning. Parkstone Press, 2005.
John Constable: The Man and His Art by Ronald Parkinson. Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998.
Constable and His Drawings by Ian Flemming-Williams. Philip Wilson Publishers, 1990.
