| Constable… Christchurch mansion 16:05 - Aug 16 with 1485 views | BelsteadCav |
If you get a chance pop into the Christchurch mansion, they’ve got a Constable exhibition on until October.
They have the famous Hay wain painting. I didn’t know it was 6ft long. The detail is incredible.
Apparently if it went up for auction it would start around the 160 million mark. As it’s 6ft I wouldn’t bid as it would be too big for my living room |  |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 17:07 - Aug 16 with 1283 views | Sarge |
Big year for Constable. There’s a play and a film about him due for release next month |  | | |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 18:09 - Aug 16 with 1135 views | brogansnose |
Seeing his paintings in the flesh , probably goes without saying, is totally different and a wonderful thing. I've seen the Haywain in the National Gallery and it absolutely blew me away.
I fully intend to go see the painting at Christchurch Mansion. |  | | |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 18:13 - Aug 16 with 1107 views | BelsteadCav |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 18:09 - Aug 16 by brogansnose |
Seeing his paintings in the flesh , probably goes without saying, is totally different and a wonderful thing. I've seen the Haywain in the National Gallery and it absolutely blew me away.
I fully intend to go see the painting at Christchurch Mansion. |
The size of it blew my tiny little mind. It’s an incredible piece of art
They’ve got about 20 of his pictures on show, it’s well worth the visit | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 18:37 - Aug 16 with 1030 views | stonojnr |
I keep meaning to, but dont go into town that often thesedays
But im right in thinking even though he painted parts of Ipswich and the Orwell, those arent in the exhibition? | | | |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 18:47 - Aug 16 with 1010 views | Churchman |
Ooh thanks for posting that. I must go and see it.
Constable is maligned because of the chocolate box images etc, but he was as innovative as anyone.
He was a chief rival to JMW Turner and they’d literally be completing their paintings at the RA right up to the opening.
He studied skies and was the first of his time to use green the way he does. His paintings are astonishing and anyone with a passing interest, just go and look at one or two. You will be amazed.
Like all great artists, if you are interested in history but can’t be bothered to read, just go and look at artists work. Whether Michelangelo, Ingres, Gainsborough, Turner, Constable, Pre-Raphaelites, you name it, their work will tell you all about their world. [Post edited 16 Aug 19:46]
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:04 - Aug 16 with 947 views | BelsteadCav |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 18:37 - Aug 16 by stonojnr |
I keep meaning to, but dont go into town that often thesedays
But im right in thinking even though he painted parts of Ipswich and the Orwell, those arent in the exhibition? |
Yes it’s all Dedham, Flatford and East Bergholt | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:11 - Aug 16 with 917 views | urbanpenguin |
I have seen the Hay Wain many times, and it doesn't do a lot for me. I get it as a cultural thing, but as an artwork I find it very meh.
However, I am going to see the exhibition on Saturday and I am looking forward to seeing the wider presentation, in particular reminding myself of the two painting of his parents' gardens in East Bergholt
They are wonderful small pieces I used to enjoy going to see in Christchurch Mansion as a child. In later years they took on a stronger meaning for me. Constable painted them from his childhood home after his mother had died and when his father was seriously ill.
I referenced them in a diptych I made from my own childhood home after my mum died and after my dad had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and also mentioned them in my thesis around the same time.
I think they are a remarkable pair of paintings, and I think Constable is better when in details like this (and his cloud studies) than on the large canvases with somewhat more twee subjects. |  |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:20 - Aug 16 with 884 views | Coastalblue |
He's also the subject of an Exhibition at the British Museum currently if anybody finds themselves in the big smoke. |  |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:20 - Aug 16 with 885 views | Benters |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:04 - Aug 16 by BelsteadCav |
Yes it’s all Dedham, Flatford and East Bergholt |
Dedham.
My Father moved from a small mining community in South Wales to find work over this way when he was 16.Around 1950.
He must have thought he’d moved to heaven,Dedham was so beautiful back in the day.
Constable is my favourite artist those paintings are fantastically beautiful. |  |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:40 - Aug 16 with 798 views | BelsteadCav |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:20 - Aug 16 by Benters |
Dedham.
My Father moved from a small mining community in South Wales to find work over this way when he was 16.Around 1950.
He must have thought he’d moved to heaven,Dedham was so beautiful back in the day.
Constable is my favourite artist those paintings are fantastically beautiful. |
Gods county | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 20:45 - Aug 16 with 673 views | iamatractorboy |
The Haywain is magnificent but, being picky, I preferred Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, which the mansion also had on loan a few years back. Absolutely spectacular. | | | |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 20:58 - Aug 16 with 620 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:20 - Aug 16 by Benters |
Dedham.
My Father moved from a small mining community in South Wales to find work over this way when he was 16.Around 1950.
He must have thought he’d moved to heaven,Dedham was so beautiful back in the day.
Constable is my favourite artist those paintings are fantastically beautiful. |
So you're saying he left one of the colonies looking for a better life?
Interesting. |  |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 21:08 - Aug 16 with 553 views | BelsteadCav |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 20:58 - Aug 16 by BanksterDebtSlave |
So you're saying he left one of the colonies looking for a better life?
Interesting. |
Wow!!!!
How you’ve turned this into a race debate is really special, you must be so proud
Big well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 21:18 - Aug 16 with 522 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 21:08 - Aug 16 by BelsteadCav |
Wow!!!!
How you’ve turned this into a race debate is really special, you must be so proud
Big well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 |
Oh sorry was this your come back thread....diddums x
Personally I think it's a good point made well but can understand why you might not like it! | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 21:19 - Aug 16 with 518 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 19:40 - Aug 16 by BelsteadCav |
Gods county |
Any particular God! | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 21:20 - Aug 16 with 513 views | BelsteadCav |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 21:18 - Aug 16 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Oh sorry was this your come back thread....diddums x
Personally I think it's a good point made well but can understand why you might not like it! |
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 00:49 - Aug 17 with 321 views | Benters |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 20:58 - Aug 16 by BanksterDebtSlave |
So you're saying he left one of the colonies looking for a better life?
Interesting. |
The last time I looked at a map Wales was connected to England,and England was connected to Wales.
Hope this helps you. | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 01:10 - Aug 17 with 306 views | Benters |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 21:19 - Aug 16 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Any particular God! |
My God. | |
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| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 06:51 - Aug 17 with 214 views | Churchman |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 00:49 - Aug 17 by Benters |
The last time I looked at a map Wales was connected to England,and England was connected to Wales.
Hope this helps you. |
Certainly is. Much as I’d like to mock and pity the heathen in you, my grandmother’s maiden name was Bevan. Here ancestors rocked over from north wales to Suffolk and my DNA suggests a small percentage hails from that beautiful part of Britain.
Back to the point, Constable was not a conventional painter, which is surprising given how his works are seen today. Nor was his stuff particularly fashionable at the time and commercially he was not overly successful. He did earn enough for a reasonably comfortable lifestyle. He was not elected as a member of the RA until late in life.
Constable’s studies of light and skies are remarkable and I’ve always found his sketches and work-up paintings just as interesting if not more so than his completed works. | | | |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 07:53 - Aug 17 with 138 views | Benters |
| Constable… Christchurch mansion on 06:51 - Aug 17 by Churchman |
Certainly is. Much as I’d like to mock and pity the heathen in you, my grandmother’s maiden name was Bevan. Here ancestors rocked over from north wales to Suffolk and my DNA suggests a small percentage hails from that beautiful part of Britain.
Back to the point, Constable was not a conventional painter, which is surprising given how his works are seen today. Nor was his stuff particularly fashionable at the time and commercially he was not overly successful. He did earn enough for a reasonably comfortable lifestyle. He was not elected as a member of the RA until late in life.
Constable’s studies of light and skies are remarkable and I’ve always found his sketches and work-up paintings just as interesting if not more so than his completed works. |
It’s the lefty attack squad looking for bites that’s all.
Wales is a beautiful country buh.
There used to be a bloke drank in the pubs around Dedham,he was a brilliant artist,he could also copy you a Constable for the price of a few pints of ale.I mean quickly as well.
He was well known in the village. | |
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