John Constable: 50+ Romantic Paintings - Romanticism

by Denise Ankele, Daniel Ankele, John Constable (Illustrator)

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 (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing). June 11, 1776 in Suffolk, England. March 31, 1837 in Hampstead, England. Romanticism.INTERESTING § 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 The Hay Wain, Dedham Vale.

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 13, 2011