1834
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A village street with a shed, cottages and windmill is a 1834 watercolor by John Constable, a Romanticism work, depicting Windmill, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour shows a quiet village street with sheds, cottages and a windmill. It was painted by John Constable around 1834 or 1835. The brushwork feels loose and fresh, not smoothed over. Constable sketched it while visiting his brother in Sussex. The low point of view makes the buildings look taller than usual. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour depicting a village street featuring a shed, cottages, and a windmill, rendered with a vigorous yet unrefined technique typical of Constable's late works. The composition is executed from a low viewpoint, which distinguishes it from his usual approach. The sketch may have been created during one of his visits to his brother George in Arundel, Sussex, around 1834 or 1835. The loose handling of the medium aligns with the style of his later watercolours.
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John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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