John Constable

Part Two

The different subjects he painted

During his youth
	Dedham Church and Vale, 1800 Pen, ink and watercolour on paper Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester
	The Stour Valley from Higham, 1804 Oil on canvas Nationalgalerie, Berlin

His landscapes of countryside
	East Bergholt Church, 1811 Watercolour on paper The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, UK
	View of Dedham, 1814 Oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA

He painted his memories

His Majesty's Ship, 1806, Watercolour on paper, Victoria and Albert Museum, London	Boatbuilding, 1814, Oil on canvas, Victoria and Albert Museum, London


Brighton Beach with Colliers, 1824, Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Salisbury Cathedral, 1825, Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

He painted skies by all weathers
	Study of clouds, 1822 Oil on canvas
	Seascape Study with Rain Cloud, Oil on canvas, 1824

He tried the effects of differents skies on his paintings


Hadleigh Castle. 1829. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA Stonehenge, 1835, Oil on canvas

He had to paint portraits to earn money

From left to right: The Reverend Doctor James Andrew, 1818, Oil on canvas, Tate Gallery, London Susannah Lloyd, 1806, Oil on canvas, Tate Gallery, London Mrs James Andrew, 1818, Oil on canvas, Tate Gallery, London

After Maria's death, his painting became darker

From left to right: Hadleigh Castle. 1829. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA Old Sarum. 1829. Oil on canvas. Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Glebe Farm. 1830. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London