100 Great Artists

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1817

JOHN CONSTABLE

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John 7biJinM

Smith and /aUT.

Grorg' Frart

Em", Royal

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L(J(IOOR

PainIT Jim UniOR

of IJrobIOn J il.k

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marri" Maria

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in Lonmn

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,;:;m gold ,",dill a'

tb. PaT;' Sal""

Maria dhTOfTB,

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El«ud a Royal

AaliUmriil1l.

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PainIT SaJiJ!mry

C",b,drai

Di" in umd",

Study of S ky aM Trees

f"1K Con""iIk, ~kying' ,",am maKing ,mall ",I muli" " d(JuM. t."jtb fiJI

R"u,';:ritr"'(JR ,It, INK}. TypicaUy. b.c",".,.,d ud prim" in tbrk "roc"

and (Jt~rlapping cdwIT. ,;.'hich gill" tkptb to til. cloud form"';OII, Thry

""".. 1I()t mmmrily pan </ Q":J larg" wmp"rition, b", ucortkd til<

uah'ry if ,-"<arb", light and colour in a piUricuJar fH',rb if'ry

J

ohn C()n<ral~ c b1<cd his paintings On

s ketches done outdoors. di'e",ly (". "

nature. As .. student he had dutifully "'~li",1

the landS<:':Ipes of \ 'a n Rui"l.cI and other

maste", but ~ although he .dmi",d th{")" grc:tdy

_ he ",fused to <Tc:tte wo.-l in the "me Sllie.

"Jing, 'It would Il< ,~soone<t to wc:t, Ct.udc'.

"'lOt and <:':III it mine:

"on'tallle's method depended on using

'di,-id,,1 tone.' ([JUre roloms iuxtaposed to

,""<':Ite the ,illrln"J' of Crt<,.nal light) hid 0.,

with r, pid brush,trokes. Such a ,hringlyoriginal

app«)ach ,,':IS <T~iciu:d by the English ,"'adomy

but aechimed by the F "'nch. It .. ':IS Pa,is th.,

ga'''' Co."tal~e due ",,,,'Snitio., ~ and a guld

m",t.1 ~ when Th, HilJ.::ain w1.S exhibit,,1 in

1814. Dd.eroixand Geri"'~ult bec'me in.'ttnt

,k:",n::e< of his Ron .. ntic natu",li'n>.

Th, /Iayt;:ain <:':Ime from C o,,<lahle', Lnn,kln

<ludio, .. -hi:", he had ~,·<,I sin"" his ma,riag<' in

1816. All the riCture< that he I .. in",d the,e
      ,died on skillful p.-cp'r1tion fmm full·siu:
      sien::""s, and many of the Cam':lSe< we'" 'six·
      f,.o:"e"'. Only when "un'table h.d pieced
      tob"'thrt. sletch in sufficient dettil to 'L{",sh
      his melm,y, w1.S he P"'I .. ,,,I to hegin wo.-k.
      Sa,Dy. kw bought Con.'table's wo'" in hi.
      liktime, 6,rcing him n, ",Iy()n the genrt'><ity of
      othCJ"s. Ilis lo.,g-a"':Ii .. ,<1 a,bni""ion nl the RO)':II
      '''''''kmy Came in 1 829, • ftt., )""" off.ilu", to
      :tekno ... I .... lge his d .... li<:':ltion to intCJ"p",ting the
      mutallili'J' of t.nd""'pe: and jlbt when 11rgt:
      ,"':Ithe< of it we'" bcing ,,,':1110 ....... 1 up h).. the
      indu,,,i.1 ",,,,Iution.