1855
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Cornfields near Brighton is a 1855 by John Constable, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable’s *Cornfields near Brighton* is a print from his famous series of English landscapes. This 1855 mezzotint shows a quiet countryside scene near Brighton. Constable supervised the whole project himself. He picked 22 landscapes to turn into prints, then guided the artist David Lucas to make them. Ever seen a mezzotint up close? Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Cornfields near Brighton is a mezzotint by David Lucas after John Constable, part of the series *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery* published between 1830 and 1832. The print reproduces Constable’s oil sketches and paintings, emphasizing the interplay of light and shadow in the English countryside. Lucas’s mezzotint technique captures the texture of Constable’s brushwork and the dramatic contrasts of chiaroscuro. The series, revised in 1833, sought to promote appreciation of English scenery and justify Constable’s artistic approach.
Read the full account in the museum source.
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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