Late Constable

John Constable (1776–1837) was a British landscape painter who was born in Dedham Vale, Suffolk. He was committed to painting nature out of doors and his 'six-footers' were designed to promote landscape as a subject. Despite this, he sold few paintings in his lifetime and was elected a Royal Academician late in his career. This book explores the freedom of Constables late works and records his enormous contribution to the English landscape tradition.

Format: Hardback
Length: 152 pages
Publication date: 04 October 2021
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts

Forget the rural idylls, for this sublime show recasts John Constable as the godfather of the Avant Garde, producing explosive, nightmarish paintings of a vanishing world.

– Jonathan Jones, Guardian

One of Britain's greatest landscape painters, John Constable (1776–1837) 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 Academys 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 freedom of Constables late works and records his enormous contribution to the English landscape tradition.

Weight: 694g
Dimension: 197 x 270 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912520725