according to John Constable (1776-1837), Picture, approx. 61 x 43 cm, 35 colours, 9 stitches/1 cm, Gobelin
Constable, one of England's most important painters, was the son of a miller. His early landscape paintings are completely under the influence of Dutch painting. Only gradually did he break away from this style of painting. The luminosity and freshness of his landscapes were incomparable, as were the effects of the light and the cloud mountains. The weather and the movement of the landscape in the wind became more and more important. Constable relied more on exact observations of nature than on the model of any other painter. When, in 1824, among other things, the painting "Landscape" (original: "Hay wagon", National Gallery, London) used here as a model was exhibited in a Parisian salon, the success was immense. Later Constable exhibited repeatedly in Paris and thus gained influence on the French painters.
