ted natures colours in his sketches which he then composed into pictures. He painted the landscape without any changes and the trees or other objects were in his paintings very true to life.
The beauty of surrounding scenery made him the first landscape painter in England.
His father was a miler, who wanted his son to be a miller, like himself. After a long struggle, John at last managed to get to London to study painting where his vocation was confirmed. He became a student at the Royal Academy School. Coping portraits by Reynolds, he learnt however, some useful lessons, he followed Reynolds technique.
Until 1820 his pictures regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, and passed unnoted. At last his canvas Flatford Mill drew the attention to him in 1820. The next year The Hay Wain, made such an impression upon the lovers of art and critics and for the first time Constables pictures were hung up in the famous Saloon of 1820. And it was his fist and real success, but it was in France. In England, on the other hand, critics remained obdurate and the general public indifferent. As it is said in such situation: Now prophet is accepted in his own country.
Now Id like you to attract your attention to his famous canvas The Cornfield. It was to become the most popular of all his paintings and public announced it perfect. In his attempts to reproduce the unceasing movement and even the shimmer of light upon things, Constable endeavoured to achieve his object by a sort of granular effect, a scattering of white dots over his canvas. And it was his novelty in modern art. Here the trees are green and the corn stands high in the field , waiting for the harvest. This is a typical view of the English rural landscape from the nineteenth century. The thirsty shepherd-
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