Constable, a Master Draughtsman
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
Constable, a Master Draughtsman Details
Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 256pp. Review copy. Reviewer's neat stamp opposite title page with small beeld to title page. Very well illustrated with b&w sketchbook drawings. Authoritative essays. Very neat copy. Read more
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This is the catogue of at raving exhibition that was seen atThe Dulwich Picture Gallery LondonThe Art Gallery of Ontario CanadaAnd The Frick Collection NY Between 1994 and 1995It consists of 81 Constable Drawings owned by David ThomsonThere are several introductory essays includingSome of the drawing materials available to artists in the late 18th early 19th centuries jane McAuslandThe landscape drawings of Constable's comtempories, British Draughtsmanship c 1790 to 1850. Anne LyesConstable:Spatial colour in the drawings P HeronChronologyThere is a prologue of some 15 drawing by artists who may have influenced ConstableThere are 81 drawings by Constable, 16 are illustrated in colour , the rest in BWThere are houses,Churches,Fields,Portraits,Ships and the like.You aSo get to see Constable's varying drawing styleThere are lots of exhibitions on Constable, but a lot less devoted to his drawings aloneThis is a excellent exhibition of Constable's drawings and covers the range of topics he drew and his varying drawing techniqueDepending on price I would recommend it. (It would have been better if all the illustrations were in colour so only 4stars