SPRING
1855
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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John Constable
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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SPRING is a 1855 by John Constable, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable’s 1855 print *Spring* belongs to a famous series of mezzotints. He supervised the project near the end of his life. The prints were made from his own paintings and sketches. This series is one of the most important mezzotint editions ever published. It shows English landscapes in six parts. Later editions kept the work alive after Constable died. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print is part of *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A.*, a series of 22 mezzotints supervised by John Constable and engraved by David Lucas between 1830 and 1832. After Constable’s death in 1837, additional plates were completed, and the series was reprinted in subsequent editions. The work aimed to showcase England’s scenery and Constable’s use of light and shadow, with Lucas translating the painter’s original compositions into mezzotint. The series was commercially unsuccessful for Constable, and Lucas…
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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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