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John Constable - The Making of a Master (Hardcover)
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John Constable - The Making of a Master (Hardcover)
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The remarkable naturalism of John Constable's paintings has always
been acknowledged, and his 'vivid and timeless' (as he called them)
oil sketches have been celebrated since the 1890s as precursors of
Impressionism, modernism and photographic composition. He remains a
powerful influence on contemporary artists, and was famously Lucian
Freud's favourite painter. He was also hailed in 1866 as the first
painter whose 'art is purely and thoroughly English', and his
studio oil paintings have helped to define our idea of the English
countryside. Published to accompany a major V&A exhibition,
this book evaluates these aspects of Constable's work, placing the
artist's naturalism and studio work in the context of his wider
practice - in particular his talent for copying, and extensive
print collection. A companion volume to John Constable: Oil
Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum (page6, V&A,
2011), this book shows how the artist's reverence for the Old
Masters is not incompatible with his revolutionary handling of
paint: where others competed with the Masters, Constable
assimilated their ideas and values to imbue his own naturalistic
vision with dynamism.
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