John Constable Flatford Mill Scene On A Navigable River

John constable flatford mill scene on a navigable river Flatford mill scene on the navigable river by john constable in one of his letters constable admits that carefree adolescence is associated first of all with the stour river that it is thanks to her that he became an artist.

John constable flatford mill scene on a navigable river. John constable painted flatford mill at east bergholt between 1816 and 1817. Flatford mill scene on a navigable river is an oil painting by english artist john constable painted in 1816 it is constable s largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors the first of his large six foot paintings and the first in the stour series which later included the hay wain. His father was a wealthy corn merchant owner of flatford mill in east bergholt and later dedham mill in essex golding constable owned a small ship the telegraph which he moored at mistley on the stour estuary and used to transport corn to london. The tracing was made by placing a piece of paper over the image on the glass.

This is a preparatory study for flatford mill scene on a navigable river 1816 17 tate gallery n01273 which was largely painted outdoors in the artist s native suffolk the drawing is a pencil tracing of an image made with a brush on a sheet of glass held on an easel in front of the subject itself. Flatford mill scene on a navigable river john constable 1776 1837 tate britain back to image. In doing so he immortalised the early c18th suffolk watermill which once belonged to the constable family and which now belongs to the national trust and is one of its most visited attractions in the united kingdom. Artwork page for flatford mill scene on a navigable river john constable 1816 7 on display at tate britain.

The artist famously produced hundreds if not thousands of drawings of trees during his career in order to master this specific element of landscape art and the fruits of his hard work can be seen within flatford mill scene on a navigable river at first hand. Ed john constable s correspondence ii ipswich 1964 p 203. Flatford mill scene on a navigable river is an oil painting by english artist john constable painted in 1816 it is constable s largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors and the forerunner of the series of six six foot canvases of river stour subjects exhibited from 1819. He based what he called his natural painture on study of nature experience of his subjects and attention to working.