| Wivenhoe Park, Essex | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1816 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 56.1 cm × 101.2 cm (22.1 in × 39.8 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA |
Wivenhoe Park is a painting of an English landscape park, the estate of the Rebow family, by the English Romantic painter, John Constable (1776–1837).[1][2]
John Constable was born in Suffolk, and is known principally for his landscape paintings, especially the landscapes of the countryside where he spent his childhood. His paintings are now considered among the most popular and valuable in British art.[3][4]
- ^ "permanent_collection_john_constable". dcist.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2014. Re-Retrieved 12 March 2017
- ^ [“No two days are alike, nor even two hours; neither was there ever two leaves of tree alike since the creation of the world.” So said John Constable (1776–1837), regarded by many as England’s greatest landscape painter. His work Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816) at the National Gallery of Art vibrates with the verdant essence of the countryside. Constable’s studies, sketchbooks and paintings all reveal the profound connection he felt to the landscapes of his native Suffolk and the surrounding counties. Quote from Aleid Ford's project, Art 2010, for DCist online magazine for the Washington DC USA area. Ford is a staff member of DCist.]
- ^ Collection Highlights. "Wivenhoe Park, Essex". nga.gov. National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ [Major-General Rebow, a friend of Constable’s father, commissioned the artist to capture the beauty of his estate, inviting him to spend some weeks on the premises. General Rebow specified that certain features be included in the painting. Constable arranged these harmoniously, modifying the actual location of certain elements (for example, the house and lake were not actually part of the same view). Typically, the owner of such a house might wish for a more grandiose portrait of it, but Constable preferred the everyday poetry of landscape and sky. Quote from Aleid Ford's project, Art 2010.]