John Constable
1776-1837
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
English Romantic Landscape Painter
Artistically and Stylistically Influenced by the following Painters: Caravaggio, Nicolas Poussin, Raphael, Piero della Francesca, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Paolo Veneziano, Classical Greek and Baroque Art
Cause of Death - Heart Failure
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It is important to understand that John Constable as a painter was not interested in trends and new techniques; he was captivated by the landscape alone. As for style, Constable applies the general rules of conventional pictorial landscape art, the first principle being that a painting must take into consideration the flatness and immobility of the surface. He imitates--at least in part--the techniques of Nicolas Poussin, Raphael, Anthony Van Dyck, and Paolo Veneziano.
According to his biographer, Mary Schell Hoke Bacon, "Constable had many enemies, and made many more after he became an Academician. Some artists, who would have liked that honour and who could not gain it for themselves, declared that Constable painted with a palette knife," though it certainly would not have mattered if he had, since he made great pictures."
Constable loved to live in the beautiful landscapes he painted, often pitching a tent and reveling in the beauty of nature. Overwhelmingly, a spiritual path guided much of his art. The refreshing beauty nature of his work has captivated art lovers for over two centuries.
John
Constable Art Quotations
Love of nature transcends
the physical realm and finds
meaning in the spiritual
light. -- John Constable
Passion is the thing that
can save you. It is the
memory of my greatest lovers
that bring relief and
consolation. -- John
Constable
I have
been ill, but am
endeavouring to get work
again, and could I get
afloat upon a canvas of six
feet, I might have a chance
of being. -- John
Constable
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