Constable's Skies

by Mark Evans and Mark L. Evans

John Constable was one of the supreme painters of the weather, and his depictions of the sky are essential components of all his landscape paintings, from famous works such as The Hay Wain and Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows to his numerous cloud studies painted on Hampstead Heath, culminating in paintings that are all sky; the landscape beneath is completely absent.

In a letter to friend John Fisher, written in 1821, Constable commented,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 050048032X
• ISBN13: 9780500480328
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 7.6"