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Constable, John
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Constable, John (1776–1837). Landscape painter, born at East Bergholt (Suffolk), the son of a miller. At first intended for the church, then to follow his father, eventually Constable was allowed to go to London to study at the Royal Academy Schools. Encouraged by Benjamin
West, Constable concentrated on studying nature and rarely painted outside the genre of landscape: ‘my art is to be found under every hedge.’ Initially, he worked in the manner of
Gainsborough, but slowly developed his own style of conveying nature and humble subjects so as to appear spontaneous and without what he called ‘fal-de-lal or fiddle-de-dee’. This gained him little recognition at home but a growing reputation in France where his
Haywain (1821) influenced the modern school of landscape painters. In 1819 he became ARA, but a further ten years elapsed before he was elected a full academician. Today he is recognized with Turner as the major English landscape painter of the 19th cent.
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CONSTABLE ACCUSED OF TAKING BRIBES
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Not 'The Hay Wain'? Constable's 'Landscape, Noon' and its many titles.(John Constable)
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; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Constable's The Hay Wain is certainly his...1) In the recent exhibition of Constable's 'six-footers' the issue of...friend and confidant, Archdeacon John Fisher, before the work was finished...
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An English prelude to French art? Constable is not usually thought of as a portrait painter, yet it was a significant theme in his career, as an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, reveals. As one of its curators, Martin Gayford, argues, these paintings suggest a route that British portraiture failed to take.(John Constable)
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4 judges won't use scrutinized constable
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; ...Westmoreland County Constables Association until county...Sherry Lynn, also is a constable, earned more than...000 paid to the 347 constables in the county, according...District Attorney John Peck would not comment...picture." Although some constables consider their work...hustle." In 2002, ...
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Visual art: How did Constable paint his portraits? Like clouds of course... Constable selected by Lucian Freud Grand Palais PARIS
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; ...an exhibition of work by John Constable seems roughly...been allowed to re-create Constable in his own image, as an...Barker children; of numerous Constables; and of a trio of fabulously...Mrs Edwards. Given that Constable was pushed into portraiture...is to allow us to look at ...
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IN SOME TOWNS, THEY'RE THE LAW CONSTABLES ARE ELECTED TO ENFORCE LAWS IN SEVEN TOWNS IN DANE COUNTY.(FRONT)
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SIX FEET: THE MEASURE OF CONSTABLE'S AMBITION; By pairing the great landscapes that Constable painted to establish his reputation with their full-size preparatory sketches, Tate Britain's new show gives astonishing insights into the artist's working processes.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 6/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...SEWELL THE conventional views of John Constable are confused and much in error...have the natural sublimities of Constable. We have also been conditioned...thought "stark mad with ability". Constable was far from precocious. Turner...
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Arts: Constable at his best - and in Birmingham; Terry Grimley welcomes a rare showing in the city of one of Constable's finest works.(News)
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; John Constable and JMW Turner represent the high tide...them, while the Barber Institute's "Constable", The Glebe Farm, is now generally...first guidebook was published in 1949. John Constable The Leaping Horse: Masterpieces...
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Obituary: John Constable Artist and defender of his ancestor's countryside
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...family trade. Richard Constable remembers that even...spent on Dartmoor and John painted figurative pictures...and the River Dart. John grew up with Constables hanging on the walls...discussion about the Constable paintings on the wall...Mr Carr the postman. John Constable was ...
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Contrasting views of the unexpected; Terry Grimley takes a look at the Constables and surrealism on show at Compton Verney.
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; ...Terry Grimley Everyone knows that John Constable is one of Britain's greatest...but who knows anything about Constable the portrait painter? Although...ever devoted to this aspect of Constable's work has just been shown at...
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constable
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
constable. One of the great medieval offices...of the stables. The first lord high constable was a supporter of the Empress Matilda...the duke of Wellington was lord high constable at three successive coronations in 1821, 1831, and 1838. Scottish constables commanded the army and from the time...
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Constable, John
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Constable, John (1776–1837). Landscape...then to follow his father, eventually Constable was allowed to go to London to study...Schools. Encouraged by Benjamin West , Constable rarely painted outside the genre of landscape...
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Constable, Archibald
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Constable, Archibald (1774–1827...Peter Hill, an Edinburgh bookseller, Constable soon established himself independently...and innovation were stifled for years. Constable's efforts to recover lacked heart...
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John Constable
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Constable John Constable (1776-1837), one of the greatest English landscape painters...approximated in painting the insights of William Wordsworth in poetry. John Constable was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, on June 11, 1776, the...
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Spark, Muriel (Sarah)
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Higham Associates, 5-8 Lower John Street, London W1R 4HA, England...from Kensington. London, Constable, and Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Symposium. London, Constable, and Boston, Houghton Mifflin...Stanford. London, Owen, 1953. John Masefield. London, Nevill...
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