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Study of Clouds – Evening, August 31st, 1822.

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Written by: Layla RomanoContributing Writer · Wine & Spirits
Old Master Paintings · Catalogue no. 1011613
John Constable

Study of Clouds – Evening, August 31st, 1822.

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byBirmingham Museums Trust
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Artist / MakerJohn Constable
Date1822
Mediumpaper, oil paint
TypePainting
CollectionBirmingham Museums Trust
LocationBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery
About the Artist

With Turner (q.v.), his exact contemporary, John Constable defined the parameters of genius for a generation of romantic landscape painters. The son of a prosperous miller and gentleman farmer, he entered into his profession late and was basically self-taught. Between 1796 and 1799 Constable had the advice of several artists and connoisseurs influential in the London art scene, primarily that of Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827), John Thomas Smith (1766-1833), and Joseph Farington (1747-1821). With the grudging consent of his parents,… Full biography →

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