John Constable

11th Willesden Scout Group visit Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals at Tate Britain. Photo © Tate Photography (Yili Liu).
Turner & Constable: A Rivalry Impacting Artists Today

The idea that 18th and 19th century landscape painting could be the setting for one of art history’s fiercest rivalries may seem unlikely, but …

John Constable, The Hay Wain (1821). Oil on canvas, 130.2 × 185.4 cm (51+1⁄4 × 73 in). National Gallery, London
John Constable: Britain's Local Landscape Master

John Constable, a British …

Just Stop Oil's protest at the National Gallery.
Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers: Activism for Real Change?

Last week at the National Gallery in London, protestors…

John Constable, A River Landscape: A group of tall trees on the left, a bend of the river with willows on the far bank on the right, in the background a hill with a castle. Estimate: £6,000- £8,000.
UPDATE: Rediscovered John Constable Work Sells for 14 Times its Estimate
After over 50 years hidden from the public view, three works by one of Britain’s greatest painters are headed to the auction block. John Constable’s (1776-1837) oil landscapes of the British…