An appraisal of John Constable, English landscape painter, who lived from 1776 to 1837. Depicts his birthplace and the scenes in Suffolk which inspired many of his paintings. He strove to capture the beauty of nature in his paintings with dramatic and emotional brushwork, and in his freedom and his sense of space and light, he can be seen as the precursor of the plain-air painting of the Impressionists.
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ACMI Identifier
003389
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism
Crafts & Visual Arts → Constable, John, 1776-1837
Crafts & Visual Arts → Impressionism (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Landscape painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nature (Aesthetics)
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)