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Constable’s Great Landscapes: The Six-Foot Paintings

Feb. 3, 2007 – Apr. 29, 2007

 

The first exhibition to present all six of John Constable’s monumental six-foot landscape paintings in one place comes to The Huntington this winter.  Considered his masterpieces, these canvases are the largest and most celebrated of the British artist’s works.   The series includes such well-known works as The White Horse (1819) and The Hay Wain (1821), as well as The Huntington’s own View on the Stour Near Dedham (1822).  Shown alongside the six grand paintings will be the full-size oil sketches Constable made for them---remarkable works of art in their own right.  The artist’s practice of painting preliminary sketches on the same scale as his exhibition pictures has long been viewed as one of his most original contributions to western art.  Approximately 50 related works round out the show. More about the exhibition...

 

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John Constable, View on the Stour Near Dedham, 1822.  Oil on canvas, 51 x 74 inches. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

 

John Constable, View on the Stour Near Dedham (full-sized sketch), c. 1821.  Oil on canvas, 51 x 72 ½ inches.  Private Collection.

 

John Constable, Chain Pier, Brighton, 1827.  Oil on canvas, 50 x 72 inches.  Tate.

 

John Constable, Sketch for ‘Chain Pier, Brighton,’ c. 1826.  Oil on canvas, 13 x 24 inches.  Philadelphia Museum of Art.

(small sketch)

 

John Constable, The White Horse, 1819.  Oil on canvas, 51 ¾ x 74 inches.  The Frick Collection, New York.

 

John Constable, The White Horse (full-size sketch), c. 1818.  Oil on canvas, 50 ¼ x 72 inches.  National Gallery of Art, Washington.

 

John Constable, The Leaping Horse, 1825.  Oil on canvas, 55 x 73 inches.  Royal Academy of Arts, London.

 

John Constable, The Leaping Horse (full-sized sketch), x. 1824.  Oil on canvas, 48 x 72 inches.  Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

 

John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. 1831.  Oil on canvas, 59 ¾ x 74 ¾ inches.  Private Collection.

 

John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, (full-size sketch), c. 1829-31. Oil on canvas, 52 ½  x 73 ¼ inches.  Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London.

 

John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821.  Oil on canvas, 51 ¼ x 73 inches.  The National Gallery, London.

 

John Constable, Fen Lane, East Bergholt, c. 1817.  Oil on canvas, 27 ¼ x 36 ¼ inches.  Tate. (smaller painting)

 

John Constable, Flatford Mill from the Lock, c. 1811. Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 inches.  The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. (small sketch)

 

John Constable, Self-Portrait, 1806.  Pencil on wove paper.  Tate.