Landscape Study

ca. 1836 · Watercolour · 21.3 × 18.3 cm

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No one has yet been able to identify the location of this scene convincingly. Constable certainly painted it late in his career, probably in 1836, the year before he died. His use of bold colours and free style of painting are remarkable, even for Constable.

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Inventarnummer: 203-1888

What it shows

Landscape

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British School England

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Imens i livet hos John Constable

Hele livet

1828–1837
A widower with seven children
For the rest of his life Constable dressed in black and brought up his seven children alone; according to Leslie he was “a prey to melancholy and anxious thoughts”. Several of the children also painted, notably Lionel.
1835
A last lecture to the Academy’s students
In 1835 Constable gave his last lecture to the students of the Royal Academy, praising Raphael and calling the Academy the “cradle of British art”; it was cheered most heartily.
1836
Lectures at the Royal Institution: three theses
In a series of lectures at the Royal Institution in 1836 Constable proposed three theses: landscape painting is scientific as well as poetic; imagination alone never can produce art that bears comparison with reality; and no great painter was ever self-taught.
31 March 1837
Death in the night, probably of heart failure
Constable died on the night of 31 March 1837, apparently of heart failure (another account names dyspepsia), and was buried beside Maria.
31. marts 1837
Died