1831
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
SUMMER, AFTERNOON - AFTER A SHOWER is a 1831 by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable’s print *Summer, Afternoon – After a Shower* shows a quiet English landscape. Made in 1831, it’s part of a famous series of 22 mezzotints. Constable helped choose the scenes and guided the printing process himself. This print stands out because it comes from one of the most important mezzotint series ever published. It’s all about the calm after rain, no people, just fields and sky. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This mezzotint is one of 22 prints in the series *English Landscape*, published between 1830 and 1832 under Constable’s supervision, with David Lucas translating the artist’s oil sketches and paintings into graphic form. The work exemplifies Constable’s focus on chiaroscuro, emphasizing the interplay of light and shadow in depicting the English countryside. Lucas’s mezzotint technique captures the textural qualities of Constable’s brushwork while maintaining the original’s sharp contrasts and subtle tonal variations. The series, though commercially unsuccessful during Constable’s lifetime,…
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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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