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Waterloo Bridge (Constable)
''Waterloo Bridge'' is an oil on canvas riverscape painting by the British artist John Constable, from 1820. It depicts a view of London looking eastwards towards Waterloo Bridge, which had opened three years earlier. Also visible are notable other London landmarks including Somerset House and Saint Paul's Cathedral. In the foreground are Waterman (occupation), waterman and swimming, bathers. Constable's patron John Fisher (bishop of Salisbury), John Fisher described it as Canaletto-like. Constable spent many years working on a major project ''The Opening of Waterloo Bridge'', showing the events of 1817, which was finally displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1832. Today it is in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, in Ohio. A smaller version is owned by the Royal Academy of Arts, in London.Bailey p.148 See also * List of paintings by John Constable References Bibliography * Bailey, Anthony. ''John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own''. Random House, 2012. * Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Constable
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romanticism, Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham Vale National Landscape, 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". Constable's most famous paintings include ''Wivenhoe Park (painting), Wivenhoe Park'' (1816), ''The Vale of Dedham (painting), Dedham Vale'' (1828) and ''The Hay Wain'' (1821). Although his paintings are now among the most popular and valuable in Art of the United Kingdom, British art, he was never financially successful. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts at the age of 52. His work was embraced in France, where he sold more than in his native Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
