Artist John Constable was a respected British painter and sketcher whose works are amongst the most valuable of any artist currently from the UK. Constable paintings were predominantly of landscapes are were created in Suffolk in the most part, which is his birthplace in eastern England. There is a gallery of Constable paintings at Constablepaintings.com. This post looks into the life and career highlights of this talented painter.
There has been a strong history in landscape painting from British painters and that is partly because this country has such beautiful countryside right across from the southern areas of England up to the top of the Scottish Highlands. It seems inevitable that local artists would want to capture such of this beauty in their own work and so Constable was just one painter to spend his working life documenting scenes of the landscape which he was so passionate about.
Constable created Hay Wain which has gone on to become a much loved landscape painting, and one of the best known landscape paintings from any artist in any country. The success of John Constable has led to many researchers finding the exact original locations of his work in rural Suffolk, with many views thankfully staying pretty much untouched right up to the present day, such is the relative quietness of the places that the artist chose.
The best places to see traditional British oil paintings remains in London where many of Constable's finest paintings are stored and available to view for free as part of the country's national museums and galleries whose collections are incredible. Interestingly, their collections do not stop short of British art but actually include many other notable paintings from art history including artists from France, Italy and the Netherlands. Those unable to get to London any time soon should certainly consider buying a Constable painting reproduction for their own home, with framed art prints, posters and stretched canvases currently the most popular choices.
There is simply a great charm to the paintings of John Constable and more and more fans also now enjoy his sketches which have been given the attention that they also deserve. You can also buy reproduction Constable prints at Constableprints.com. With all this talent, there is little surprise that so many people choose to buy reproductions of Constable paintings to add to their own homes and this looks likely to continue long into the future with landscape painting gaining popularity every year.
