John Constable
(1776-1837), Landscape painterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 6 portraits
Artist associated with 6 portraits
Constable is celebrated as one of England's greatest and most progressive landscape artists. He drew lifelong inspiration from his native Suffolk. In 1802 he declared that 'natural painture' - or landscape - could rival history painting. He made hundreds of outdoor oil sketches, which capture the changing skies with near scientific precision; these helped him bring an immediacy and authenticity to exhibition works developed in the studio. Constable met with little contemporary success at home. However The Hay Wain (1821) did receive a gold medal at the 1824 Paris Salon.
by John Constable
pencil and black chalk heightened with white and red chalk, circa 1799-1804
NPG 901
by Daniel Maclise
pencil, circa 1831
NPG 1458
by Samuel Joseph
bronze cast of death-mask, 1958, based on a work of 1837
NPG 4063
by Richard James Lane, after Charles Robert Leslie
lithograph, circa 1825-1850
NPG D21958
by David Lucas, after Charles Robert Leslie
mezzotint, published 1843
NPG D1544
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