biography of John CONSTABLE (1776-1837)

Personal data

Birth : 06/11/1776 - East Bergholt, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Death : 03/31/1837 - London, United Kingdom
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United Kingdom

Family relations

Father of Lionel Bicknell CONSTABLE [ 1828-1887 ]
Father of Alfred Abram CONSTABLE [ 1826-1853 ]

Education

1799 : Royal Academy Schools – Burlington House – London, United Kingdom

Professional data

Work and Life

1829:Becames a member of the Royal Academy
1828:Maria dies of tuberculosis
1824:They begin going to Brighton for reasons of Maria’s health
1822:They live in Joseph Farington’s former house in Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury
1819:Elected an associate of the Royal Academy
1819:Because of his wife’s ill health, rents a house for his family at Hampstead, Greater London, United Kingdom
1817:They move to Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London
1816:They married despite opposition from her family, and eventually had seven children
1809:Begins to see his future wife, Maria Bicknell regularly
1797:Makes his first etchings
1794:Makes a sketching tour of Norfolk
1792:Works for his father in the family business of corn and coal

Other professions

1833 – 1836 : Professor – Painting
The Royal Institution of Great Britain – 21 Albemarle Street – London, United Kingdom

Work

Categorie and medium

Painting : Oil/canvas - Oil/panel

Drawing-Watercolor : Pencil/paper - Watercolour

Subject

landscape
portrait
genre scene

Movements and styles

Romanticism
Naturalism
British Landscape 19th century

Works

Netley Abbey
Date of creation : 1833 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 31 x 39 cm

Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames - Morning After a Stormy Night
Date of creation : 1829 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 48 x 65 inch

The Glebe Farm, Dedham
Date of creation : 1827 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 46 x 60 cm

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop¿s Garden
Date of creation : 1826 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 89 x 112 cm

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds
Date of creation : 1825 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 88 x 112 cm

Study of a boat passing a lock
Date of creation : 1823 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 104 x 130 cm

A View on Hampstead Heath with Harrow in the Distance
Date of creation : 1822 Medium : Oil/paper/canvas Size : 29 x 50 cm

View on the Stour near Dedham
Date of creation : 1822 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 51 x 74 inch

The Hay Wain
Date of creation : 1821 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 130 x 185 cm

Study of Sky and Trees
Date of creation : 1821 Medium : Oil/paper

English Dedham Lock and Mill
Date of creation : 1820 Medium : Oil/panel Size : 55 x 78 cm

Stonehenge
Date of creation : 1820 Medium : Watercolour Size : 17 x 25 cm

Wivenhoe Park, Essex
Date of creation : 1816 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 56 x 101 cm

Maria Bicknell, Mrs John Constable
Date of creation : 1816 Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : portrait Size : 25 x 31 cm

Stour Valley and Dedham Church
Date of creation : 1815 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 56 x 78 cm

John Constable
Date of creation : 1799 Medium : Black, red & white chalk Subject : self-portrait

Helmingham Dell
Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : landscape Size : 35 x 51 cm

Malvern Hall
Medium : Oil/canvas Subject : landscape Size : 54 x 78 cm

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2002

Constable : le choix de Lucian Freud
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/10/2002 – 01/13/2003

1997

Open to the sky
V & A – The Victoria and Albert Museum – London, United Kingdom
11/03/1997 – 04/26/1998

1991

Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
1991

1983

Constable’s England
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
1983

1976

Landscape, watercolors and drawings
Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1976

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

2003

Paradise
National Gallery – London, United Kingdom
07/10/2003 – 09/28/2003

Paradise
Laing Art Gallery – Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
04/12/2003 – 06/29/2003

Constable to Delacroix: British Art and the French Romantics
Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
02/06/2003 – 05/11/2003

Paradise
City Museum and Art Gallery – Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
01/18/2003 – 03/30/2003

1994

D’outre-Manche : l’art britannique dans les collections publiques françaises
Musée du Louvre – Paris, France
1994

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Books

2002

Constable
Publisher: Editions Hazan – 3 rue Fleurus – Paris, France
Author: Wat Pierre
2002

2000

William Turner : Constable et les romantismes anglais
Publisher: Les Editions de la Martinière – Paris, France
2000

1996

John Constable d’après les souvenirs recueillis par C. R. Leslie
Publisher: ENSBA Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts – 14 rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Author: Leslie Charles Robert
1996

The Early paintings and drawings of John Constable
Publisher: Yale University Press – New Haven CT, United States
Author: Reynolds Graham
1996

1995

Memoirs of the life of John Constable
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
1995

1992

Les Maîtres du paysage anglais
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Meyer Laure
1992

1985

Re-Creation of Landscape: A Study of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Constable and Turner
Publisher: University Press of New England – 1 Court St, Ste 250 – Lebanon NH, United States
Author: Heffernan James A.
1985

1984

The Later paintings and drawings of John Constable
Publisher: Yale University Press – New Haven CT, United States
Author: Reynolds Graham
1984

1983

Constable
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd. – 181A High Holborn – London, United Kingdom
Author: Rosenthal Michael
1983

Periodicals

2002

J. B.-H. – L’Orme de Constable
in: Les Echos p. 4
Paris, France
11/10/2002-12/10/2002

Exposition au Grand Palais : Constable, la révolution tranquille du paysage – Dossier de l’Art Hors Série de L’Estampille/ L’Objet d’Art n° 91
Dijon, France
11/2002

Legals