JOHN CONSTABLE Art Book contains 50+ reproductions of Romantic English landscapes and portraits with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets .
BORN: June 11, 1776 in Suffolk, England.
DIED: March 31, 1837 in Hampstead, England.
MOVEMENT: Romanticism.
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Constable was inspired by Claude Lorrain.
§ His marriage was not supported by Maria Bicknell’s family due to the social standing of the Constables.
§ Constable only sold twenty paintings in England during his lifetime, but he sold more than twenty in a few years in France.
§ After the death of Maria, he suffered from melancholy the rest of his life.
§ Constable was elected to the Royal Academy, where he gave a series of lectures on the history of landscape painting.
NOTABLE WORKS:
The Hay Wain, Dedham Vale.
Language
English
Pages
61
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Ankele Publishing, LLC
Release
July 13, 2011
John Constable: 50+ Romantic Paintings - Romanticism
JOHN CONSTABLE Art Book contains 50+ reproductions of Romantic English landscapes and portraits with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets .
BORN: June 11, 1776 in Suffolk, England.
DIED: March 31, 1837 in Hampstead, England.
MOVEMENT: Romanticism.
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Constable was inspired by Claude Lorrain.
§ His marriage was not supported by Maria Bicknell’s family due to the social standing of the Constables.
§ Constable only sold twenty paintings in England during his lifetime, but he sold more than twenty in a few years in France.
§ After the death of Maria, he suffered from melancholy the rest of his life.
§ Constable was elected to the Royal Academy, where he gave a series of lectures on the history of landscape painting.