The Valley Farm
| The Valley Farm | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1835 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 147.3 cm × 125.1 cm (58.0 in × 49.3 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
The Valley Farm is an 1835 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] Produced towards the end of his career, it features a view of the River Stour on the border of Essex and Suffolk in Eastern England. Now known as Constable Country, it depicts Willy Lott's Cottage at Flatford, a landscape he had painted a number of times.
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1835 in London, but critical reception was more muted than previous reviews of Constable's works.[2] Today the painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been gifted to the nation by the art collector Robert Vernon in 1847.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Hamlyn p.40
- ^ Bailey p.275-76
- ^ "'The Valley Farm', John Constable, 1835". Tate.
Bibliography
- Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
- Charles, Victoria. Constable. Parkstone International, 2015.
- Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
- Hamlyn, Robin. Robert Vernon's Gift: British Art for the Nation 1847. Tate Gallery, 1993.
- Venning, Barry. Constable. Parkstone International, 2015.
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