SUMMER EVENING
1831
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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SUMMER EVENING is a 1831 by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Constable’s *Summer Evening* is a mezzotint print from 1831. It’s part of a big series called *English Landscape*, which spread his work through prints. Constable didn’t just paint these scenes—he planned the whole project to share his views of England’s countryside. The prints came out in parts over two years. See more like it at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
SUMMER EVENING is a mezzotint print by John Constable, produced as part of the series *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery*, published between 1830 and 1832. The work was created under Constable’s supervision with mezzotints executed by David Lucas, translating the artist’s original oil sketches and paintings into a distinct graphic style. The series aimed to emphasize the effects of light and shadow in English landscapes, drawing on influences such as Claude Lorrain and J.M.W. Turner. Though commercially unsuccessful during Constable’s lifetime, the…
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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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