1829
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Water meadows near Salisbury is a 1829 by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet countryside scene with a river running through it. Tall trees line the bank, their branches bare or lightly leafed, and the water looks calm. In the distance, a few buildings peek through the trees, and the sky above is soft with wispy clouds. The artist used quick, loose lines to capture light and movement, almost like a quick sketch. The paper shows some wear, and the drawing feels more like a study than a finished piece. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build up tones with layers of lines.
A pen and brown ink drawing by John Constable depicts water meadows near Salisbury, serving as an outline sketch for a later oil painting. The drawing is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum under the accession number FA 38. In 1992, the work was sold at Christie’s as part of lot 116, including another related drawing (E.373-1992).
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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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