Constable, John - The Cornfield - old National Gallery art postcard 1951

Art Postcard
• Work of art title: The Cornfield
• Artist (if known): John Constable
• Media or other details:  oil on canvas
• Publisher / Gallery: The National Gallery / The Medici Society
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp & postmark details (if relevant): George VI 2d brown posted in Woking 1951
• Size: modern
• Notes & condition details: slight wear due to postal use but good

NOTES:

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Stock No.: A476

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The Cornfield is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist John Constable. It was finished in 1826 and was first exhibited at the Royal Academy that same year. It measures 143 by 122 cm. It is in the National Gallery, London.

Constable referred to the painting as ""The Drinking Boy"" and it is thought to show a lane leading from East Bergholt towards Dedham, Essex

John Constable, RA (/'k?nst?b?l? 'k?n-/;^[1] 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as ""Constable Country""—which he invested with an intensity of affection. ""I should paint my own places best"", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, ""painting is but another word for feeling"".^[2]

His most famous paintings include Wivenhoe Park of 1816,^[3]Dedham Vale of 1802 and The Hay Wain of 1821. Although his paintings are now among the most popular and valuable in British art, Constable was never financially successful. He did not become a member of the establishment until he was elected to the Royal Academy at the age of 52. His work was embraced in France, where he sold more works than in his native England and inspired the Barbizon school.

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period=1945 - present

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