SUMMER MORNING
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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SUMMER MORNING is a 1855 by John Constable, a Impressionism work, depicting Summer, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print *Summer Morning* is part of *Various Subjects of English Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery*, a series of 22 mezzotints published between 1830 and 1832 under Constable’s supervision. Created by David Lucas from Constable’s oil sketches and paintings, the series aimed to emphasize nature’s interplay of light and shadow in English scenery. Lucas employed mezzotint techniques to translate Constable’s brushwork and tonal contrasts into a distinct graphic style. Though the project was commercially unsuccessful for Constable, it remains a significant example of 19th-century…
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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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