About this artwork
Constable drew to record nature and to develop different ideas for landscape compositions. He particularly favoured working with pencil and was able to evoke a remarkable range of tones, marks and expressive effects with the medium. This sketch of the River Avon is one of a group Constable made while staying with his sister-in-law at Bewdley in Worcestershire. A broken barge lies in two sections on the river bank, while a man brings a horse to water beyond. A great copse of trees forms the backdrop. The every day, rustic nature of the scene would have greatly appealed to Constable.
Updated before 2020
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artist:John Constable (1776 - 1837) English
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title:View on the River Severn at Worcester
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date created:Dated 1835
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:21.80 x 28.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented through Art Fund 1953, from the Collection of Sir Edward Marsh
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accession number:D 4674
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John Constable
John Constable
Constable introduced a new and refreshing naturalism into British nineteenth-century landscape painting. He concentrated on depicting the Suffolk countryside around his birthplace, although also painted in Salisbury and Hampstead. Constable never travelled abroad. His compositions and interest in...