John ConstableRegno Unito, 1776–1837Stoke-by-Nayland
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Art Institute of Chicago
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About the painting
Stoke-by-Nayland is a c.1836 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It features a view near the village of Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk close to the border with Essex. It is located in what became known as Constable Country, as it featured so often in the artist's work. St Mary's Church can be seen on the left.
A large oil sketch, it was prepared on the same scale as Constable's earlier "six-footers". He tended to produce a full-size oil sketch before completing his finished version. Constable likely intended to work it up into a finished painting to display at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1837. However he died before the Exhibition took place. The sketch is now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, having been acquired in 1922.
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 1922.4453
What it shows
In catalogo
Fonti
- Art Institute of Chicago: the museum's own open data · acquisita 5 giorni fa
- Immagine: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0
Nel frattempo, nella vita di John Constable
Tutta la vita1828–1837
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 marzo 1837
Died
![Vallon à Helmingham [Helmingham Dell], Constable, John, 1e quart du XIXe siècle (peint à l'été 1823 (selon Beckett)) (1823)](https://collections.louvre.fr/media/cache/large/0000000021/0000065616/0000312650_OG.JPG)
