John Constable(1776-1837)

By Savinova Olga

Welcome to my

presentation

Vocabulary• Landscape painter пейзажист

• Amateur painter любитель(поклонник) искусства

• In one’s spare time на досуге

• Etching искусство гравировки

• To roam the world скитаться по свету

• Notable works выдающиеся работы

• Cumulus clouds кучевые облака

• Mannerism изысканность, манерность

Questions1.What was a turning-

point in Constable’s career?

2.What his most notable works do you know?

John ConstableJohn Constable was born June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk.

In 1799 Constable entered the Royal Academy School in London.

He was the first landscape painter who considered that every painter should make his sketches direct from nature, that is, working in the open air. Constable’s art developed slowly. He tried to earn his living by portraits.

His most famous paintings are “Dedham Vale” of 1802 and “The Hay Wain” of 1821,“Flatford Mill”, “The White Horse”, “Waterloo Bridge”, “From Whitehall stairs” and others.

John Constable died on March 31, 1837, and was buried in St. John's church, London.

self-portrait, 1806

“Painting is with me but another word for feeling, and I associate my careless boyhood with all that lies on the banks of the Stour; these scenes made me a painter.”

John Constable

Constable was not a romantic, he was a

realist. He recorded the scenery as it

really was. He enjoyed cloudland and

sunshine, lush meadows and sturdy trees

for their own sakes, not for romantic

associations with ruined castles or

churches.

“Dedham Vale” (1802)It is a panoramic

view of Essex country-side seen at midday in the brilliant early summer sunlight.

“Hay Wain” (1821) The brilliant “Hay Wain”

(originally called “Landscape, Noon”) is a great canvas which proclaims Constable’s maturity. Cumulus clouds sweep across the heavens; the water glistens, ripples over the shallow bed of the river; everywhere there is light and air. Homely and intimate, it has nothing of the mannerisms of the classic school.

“Waterloo Bridge from Whitehall Stairs” (1832)

It is a sparkling, light-filled composition in which the distant vista of the bridge is framed by a foreground of trees, boats and buildings.

GalleryConstable’s works

Hampstead Heath(1820) The Cornfield(1826)

Boat-building(1815)Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows(1831)

The White Horse(1819)

Thank you for

your attention!