Artists

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  The Cornfield $AU 1,131.78
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  Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops' Grounds $AU 201.10 ~ 800.24
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  The Hay Wain $AU 192.97 ~ 1,512.97
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  The White Horse $AU 238.36 ~ 1,892.94
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  Golding Constable's Flower Garden $AU 187.82 ~ 682.86

Constable was at first self taught as an artist. From 1795 he worked as a painter of topographical pictures in London. In 1779, he attended courses at the Royal Academy, of which he became a member in 1829. He was particulary inspired by the old masters as well as by Thomas Gritin and Claude Lorrain. At first he painted portaits and religous pictures, but later turned to landscapes after an influential trip to Italy in 1819. The main feature of his work is a vital observation of nature based on precise studies. He sought above all to accurately capture the precise look of vegetation and the sky in different weather and lighting conditions. Along with J.M.W. Turner and Richard Parkes Bonington, Constable developed a style of landscape painting that influenced artists throughout Europe, especially that influenced artists throughout Europe, especially the School of Barbizon and later the impressionists. Among the artist's works are The White Horse, 1819, The Haywain, 1821, The Vallley Farm, 1835.