John Constable (1776—1837). Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775—1851)

John Constable (1776—1837)

John Constable is one of the most famous English landscapists. Though His art was realistic and romantic.

The son of a prosperous mill owner, he showed taste for sketching at an early age. He was one of the first artists who painted outdoors, to observe the change of light and color in nature.

In 1800 Constable entered the Royal Academy School, exhibiting his works two years later. He developed his style in painting, but his fame was slow to arrive, and he had to paint portraits to earn his living.

In 1819 he was made an associate (член) of the Royal Academy.

In 1824 at the age of fifty, in company with some of his country men, he showed a number of landscapes at the Paris Salon. And there he was awarded a gold medal for one of his landscape.

In England, however, there were few people who appreciated his work as a landscapist. and only in 1829 he was elected in the full membership of the Royal Academy.

Unlike the Dutch who preferred sunny landscapes it was the cloudy, rainy days that Constable painted.

He is considered to be the fore - runner of the Impressionists.

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775—1851)

Turner began to paint in oil at the age of 21. " The Fishermen at Sea" was the first oil-painting exhibited by him (1796).

His love for mountains was great, but it was the sea that remained his life-long passion. He had a splendid visual memory. A sea-wave was very difficult to paint.

As he was at heart a sailor, a ship was a living creature to him. That is why his paintings are so powerful. He loved painting ships, men connected with the sea, fishermen and sailors at work.

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