1800
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The valley of the Stour, looking towards East Bergholt is a 1800 watercolor by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a landscape with a river running through it. There are trees and bushes on either side of the river, and a few buildings in the distance. The sky is cloudy and gray. In the foreground, there's a small path or road that leads to a gate. On the other side of the gate, there are some cows grazing in a field. The colors used in the painting are muted, with lots of greens and browns. The painting has a peaceful, serene feel to it. If you're interested in learning more about this style of painting, you might want to look into the Romanticism movement.
A pen and watercolour by John Constable depicts a shallow valley with a cottage surrounded by trees on the right, four cows grazing in a fenced field in the mid-ground, and a large bank of trees on the left. The work reflects Constable’s early development as a student at the Royal Academy Schools, where he enrolled in 1800 after arriving in London the previous year. The scene likely relates to his summer sketching in Helmingham Park, the estate of the Earl of Dysart.
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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