Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Constable: The Art of the Everyday

The Locations of the Major Works

 
 

Still from Secret Lives of the Artists: Constable in Love

 

 

 

Golding Constable's Flower Garden

 
John Constable, Golding Constable’s Flower Garden, 1815, oil on canvas, 33 x 50.8 cm.  Ipswich Museums and Galleries



Dedham Vale

John Constable, Dedham Vale, oil on canvas, 43.5 x 34.4 cm.  Victoria and Albert Museum, London.




The Influence of Claude (yet again)



 Claude, Landscape with Hagar and the Angel, 1646, oil on canvas, 52.7 x 43.8 cm.  National Gallery, London 





View Towards the East Bergholt, 30 September 1810


  John Constable, View Towards the East Bergholt Rectory, 30 September 1810, oil on canvas laid on panel, 15.6 x 24.8 cm.  Philadelphia Museum of Art




Flatford Mill


 John Constable, Flatford Mill, 1816 – 17, oil on canvas, 101.6 x 127 cm.  Tate, London



The White Horse

 John Constable, The White Horse, 1819, oil on canvas, 131.4 x 188.3 cm.  Frick Collection, New York




The Hay Wain



 John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821, oil on canvas, 130.2 x 185.4 cm.  National Gallery, London




 Detail of The Hay Wain




Cumulus Clouds


John Constable, Cumulus Clouds, 1822, oil on paper laid on canvas, 30.5 x 50.8 cm.  Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut




A View on the Stour near Dedham



John Constable: A View on the Stour near Dedham, 1822, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 188 cm.  The Henry Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino




Salisbury Cathedral, from the Bishop's Grounds


 John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral, from the Bishop’s Grounds, 1823, oil on canvas, 87.6 x 111.8 cm.  Victoria and Albert Museum, London



 Yarmouth Jetty


John Constable, Yarmouth Jetty, after 1823, oil on canvas, 32.4 x 50.5 cm.  Tate, Britain




A Boat Passing a Lock



John Constable, A Boat Passing a Lock, 1826, oil on canvas, 101.6 x 127 cm.  Royal Academy of Arts, London




The Leaping Horse

 John Constable, The Leaping Horse, 1824 – 5, oil on canvas, 142.2 x 187.3 cm.  Royal Academy of Arts, London









The Vale of Dedham



 John Constable, The Vale of Dedham, 1827 – 28, oil on canvas, 145 x 122 cm.  National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh




Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames

 
  John Constable, Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames – morning after a stormy night, 1829, oil on canvas, 122 x 161.9 cm.  Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut  





Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows


 John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, oil on canvas, 151.8 x 189.9 cm.  National Gallery, London



The Cenotaph 


 John Constable: The Cenotaph (Cenotaph to the memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, erected in the grounds of Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire, by the late Sir George Beaumont, Bart.), 1836, oil on canvas, 132.1 x 108.6 cm.  National Gallery, London



Andrew Graham Dixon documentary: Constable in Love

 












 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

J. M. W. Turner: Luminosity in Light



J. M. W Turner: 1775 - 1851


 J. M. W. Turner, Self-Portrait, c.1799, oil paint on canvas, 74.3 x 58.4 cm.  Tate, London






Fishermen at Sea



J. M. W. Turner, Fishermen at Sea, 1796, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 122.4 cm.  Tate, London






Morning Amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland


J. M. W. Turner, Morning Amongst the Coniston Fells, Cumberland, 1798, oil on canvas, 123 x 89.7 cm.  Tate, London





Dolbadarn Castle


J. M. W. Turner, Dolbadarn Castle, 1800, oil on canvas, 119.5 x 90.2 cm.  Royal Academy of Arts, London









The Real Dolbadarn Castle

Photograph of Dolbadarn Castle 









The Fifth Plague of Egypt


J. M. W. Turner, The Fifth Plague of Egypt, 1800, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 182.9 cm.  Indianapolis Museum of Art








Dutch Boats in a Gale: Fishermen Endeavouring to Put their Fish on Board (The Bridgewater Sea-Piece_

J. M. W. Turner, Dutch Boats in a Gale: Fishermen Endeavouring to put their Fish on Board (The Bridgewater Sea-Piece), 1801, oil on canvas, 162.5 x 221 cm.  The National Gallery, London










Williem van de Velde the Younger 

Willem van de Velde the Younger, A Rising Gale, 1671 – 2, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 189 cm.  Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio







Calais Pier with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving

J. M. W. Turner, Calais Pier with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving, 1803, oil on canvas, 172 x 240 cm.  National Gallery, London








Fall of the Reichenbach, in the Valley of the Oberhasil, Switzerland

J. M. W. Turner, Fall of the Reichenbach, in the Valley of Oberhasli, Switzerland, 1804, watercolour, scratching out and stopping out,  103 x 70.4 cm.  Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford






Mortlake Terrace.  The Seat of William Moffatt, Esq: Summer's Evening

J. M. W. Turner, Mortlake Terrace, The Seat of William Moffatt, Esq.: Summer’s Evening, 1827, oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm.  National Gallery of Art, Washington









 

 Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps


J. M. W. Turner, Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, 1812, oil on canvas, 146 x 237.5 cm.  Tate, London








Another Military Dictator Who Crossed the Alps: David's Napoleon 


 

Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Great Saint Bernard Pass, 1801, oil on canvas, 260 x 221 cm.  Musée National de Malmaison







John Martin is "Inspired" by Turner's Vortex


John Martin, The Great Day of His Wrath, 1851 – 3, oil on canvas, 196.5 x 303.2 cm. Tate, London









Frosty Morning

   J. M. W. Turner, Frosty Morning, 1813, oil on canvas, 113.5 x 174.5 cm.  Tate, London









Crossing the Brook


J. M. W. Turner, Crossing the Brook, 1815, oil on canvas, 193 x 165 cm.  Tate, London 









The Influence of Claude Lorrain

Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Jacob and Laban and his Daughters, c.1654, oil on canvas, 143.5 x 252 cm.  Petworth House, Sussex











Dido Building Carthage; or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire

J. M. W. Turner, Dido Building Carthage; or the Rise of the Carthaginian Empire, 1815, oil on canvas, 155.5 x 232 cm.  National Gallery, London










 Claude's Seaports



Claude Lorrain, Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648, oil on canvas, 148.6 x 193.7 cm.  National Gallery, London 










The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire


J M W Turner, The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire, 1817, oil on canvas, 170 x 238.5 cm.  Tate, London




The Field of Waterloo


J. M. W. Turner, The Field of Waterloo, 1818, oil on canvas, 147.5 x 239 cm.  Tate, London









Looming Out of the Darkness: The Influence of Rembrandt's Nightwatch 

  Rembrandt, The Night Watch, 1642, oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cm.  Rijksmusem, Amsterdam









England: Richmond Hill, on the Prince Regent's Birthday

  J. M. W. Turner, England: Richmond Hill, on the Price Regent’s Birthday, 1819, oil on canvas, 180 x 334.5 cm.  Tate, London







 


Venice: San Giorgio Maggiore from the Dogana

J. M. W. Turner, Venice: San Giorgio Maggiore from the Dogana, 1819, watercolour, 22.4 x 28.7 cm.  Tate, London







Harbour of Dieppe (Changement de Domicile)

J. M. W. Turner, Harbour of Dieppe (Changement de Domicile), 1825, oil on canvas, 173.7 x 225.4 cm.  Frick Collection, New York








Regulus


J. M. W. Turner, Regulus, 1828, reworked 1837, oil on canvas, 91 x 124 cm.  Tate, London










Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus - Homer's Odyssey



J. M. W. Turner, Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus – Homer’s Odyssey, 1829, oil on canvas, 132.5 x 203 cm.  National Gallery, London









A Skeleton Falling Off a Horse in Mid-Air

J. M. W. Turner, A Skeleton Falling Off a Horse in Mid-Air, c. 1825 – 30, oil on canvas, 60 x 75.5 cm.  Tate, London








 Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Night




J. M. W. Turner, Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Night, 1835, oil on canvas, 90.2 x 121.9 cm.  National Gallery of Art, Washington








Wreckers - Coast of Northumberland with a Steam Boat Assisting a Ship Off Shore


J. M. W. Turner, Wreckers – Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore, 1834, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 121.9 cm.  Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connticut 









The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons


J. M. W. Turner, The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834, 1835, oil on canvas, 92 x 123 cm.  Philadelphia Museum of Art








Turner on Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy 18th October 1834



  William Parrott, Turner on Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy, 1846, oil in panel, 25.1 x 22.9 cm.  Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield









Dawn After the Wreck

J. M. W. Turner, Dawn After the Wreck, c.1841, watercolour, gouache and rubbing out on paper, 25.1 x 36.8 cm.  Courtauld Institute Gallery, London









Turner's "Beginnings"

J. M. W. Turner, Colour Beginning, 1819, watercolour on paper, 22.6 x 28.7 cm.  Tate, London










The Fighting "Temeraire" Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up



J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting ‘Temeraire’ Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up, 1838, 1839, oil on canvas, 91 x 122 cm.  National Gallery, London





Simon Schama on Turner and the Romance of Britain



 







 
























Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhoon Coming On

J. M. W. Turner, Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying – Typhon Coming On, 1840, oil on canvas, 91 x 138 cm.  Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston






Simon Schama on the impact of Turner's Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhoon Coming On








Detail from Slavers

 Detail of Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying – Typhon Coming On, 1840, oil on canvas, 91 x 138 cm.  Musuem of Fine Arts, Boston








Turner's Schloss Rosenau, Seat of HRH Prince Albert of Coburg, near Coburg Germany compared with the popular work of the day - Thomas Creswick's A Summer Afternoon



  J. M. W. Turner, Schloss Rosenau, Seat of HRH Prince Albert of Coburg, near Coburg, Germany, 1841, oil on canvas, 97 x 124.8cm, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool










Thomas Creswick, A Summer’s Afternoon, 1844, oil on canvas, 101.6 x 127 cm.  Victoria and Albert Museum, London








Snow Storm - Steam Boat off a Harbour's Mouth



J. M. W. Turner, Snow Storm – Steam Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth, 1842, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm.  Tate, London








The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa


J. M. W. Turner, The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa, 1842, oil on canvas, 62 x 92.5 cm.  Tate, London












The Angel Standing in the Sun

J. M. W. Turner, The Angel Standing in the Sun, 1846, oil on canvas, 78.5 x 78.5 cm.  Tate, London










Peace - Burial At Sea


 J M W Turner, Peace – Burial at Sea, 1842, oil on canvas, 87 x 86.5 cm.  Tate, London









War, the Exile and the Rock Limpet


  J M W Turner, War, the Exile and the Rock Limpet, 1842, oil on canvas, 79.5 x 79.5 cm.  Tate, London










Rain, Steam and Speed: The Great Western Railway


J M W Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed: the Great Western Railway, 1844, oil on canvas, 91 x 122 cm.  National Gallery, London