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John Constable was born June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk. His father was a wealthy corn merchant. Constable was educated at Dedham Grammar School, and after he left school he worked in his father's business. His heart was not in it, however, and in 1799 he induced his father to send him to the Royal Academy in London to study art.
A fellow student at the Royal Academy School was JMW Turner, but the two men never became friends. Constable exhibited his first painting in 1802, but unlike Turner, success eluded him. He sold only 20 paintings in his lifetime, and was never recognized in his homeland while he was alive.
In 1816 Constable became financially secure with money left to him when his father died. He married Maria Bicknell despite the opposition of her family. The couple were happy together, and Constable was plunged into depression on her death in 1828.
Constable rejected the formal or "picturesque" rendering of nature found in the works of artists like Gainsborough. Instead, he tried to capture informally the effects of changing light and the patterns of clouds moving across the country sky. He loved the countryside, and his best work was of outdoor scenes in his native Suffolk and his London home in Hampstead.
He worked in the open air, though he he returned to his studio to finish his paintings. His larger scenes were sketched full-size in oil, and the sketch was then used as a model for the finished painting.
In France Constable found the success that eluded him in England. His 1821 master work The Haywain was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1824. Constable's work greatly influenced the French artist Delacroix, and the so-called "Barbizon School", who followed Constable's lead in working outdoors. Later still, the French Impressionists built on Constable's efforts to capture the moods of light.
John Constable died on March 31, 1837, and was buried in St. John's church, London.
Our Paintings
At Art Specialist we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality English landscape reproduction oil paintings available. Our standards of those of a London gallery and we have carefully selected professional artists from around the globe. Our artists are art school trained and a specialist in a particular style or artist. All of our Constable paintings which take weeks to complete, are signed by one of our commissioned artists who use only the best quality oil paints and canvas.
Because we do sell direct through the internet we do not have the overheads of a central London gallery. We do not carry stock or mass produce paintings, by painting each individual order we keep costs down. Our artists are based in low cost countries such as Russia and China, and are very highly skilled and trained to European standards. By working this way we can provide you with great value, top quality oil paintings.
Each painting is a unique work of art, the artist and customer bring a little of their own creativity making each picture an individual master piece.
Each Constable painting takes three to four weeks to complete. A high resolution photograph of every oil painting is sent to every customer for their approval before despatch. We are happy to make any changes customers want at that stage. We would much rather get it absolutely right than have an unhappy customer. All our paintings are covered by a full money back guarantee. If you don’t like it you can send it back and we will refund you straight away.
Paintings are delivered unframed, rolled up in a tube for you to get it framed any way you like by your local framer. Alternatively for ready to hang paintings, add framing options from our frames and framing section for our framing service.
Standard painting size is 24 x 20 inches (approx. 60 X 50 cm). There is extra canvas around the edges to allow for stretching. You can select other picture sizes from the drop down menu on all pictures. Different sizes are priced as a variant to the standard size. Paintings are available in a range of sizes from 20cm x 25cm (8 by 10 inches) up to 90cm x 120cm (36 x 48 inches). larger sizes are available on request.
Delivery costs £15 for an unframed painting to anywhere in the world. Please allow 6 to 7 weeks for your painting to be painted and shipped to you by courier.
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