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John Constable RA (/ ˈ k ʌ n s t ə b əl, ˈ k ɒ n-/; [1] 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting [2] with his pictures of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of ...
Charleston Farmhouse, near Lewes, East Sussex. Charleston, in East Sussex, is a property associated with the Bloomsbury group, that is open to the public.It was the country home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and is an example of their decorative style within a domestic context, representing the fruition of more than sixty years of artistic creativity. [1]
Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets, and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group.
The artist selected a viewpoint from the bishop's garden (the south-east) and returned in 1820 to make further drawings and an open-air oil sketch, now in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, [3] which served as the model for the London version. Included in the paintings are figures of Dr. Fisher and his wife at the bottom left.
The film, starring Emma Thompson in the title role, focuses on her unusual relationship with the author Lytton Strachey, played by Jonathan Pryce, as well as with other members of the Bloomsbury Group. The film is divided into six chapters. The Mill at Tidmarsh, a 1918 painting by Carrington of the Mill House, Tidmarsh, Pangbourne, on the upper ...
Lord John Stuart and His Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart is a large oil painting by Anthony van Dyck, executed c. 1638. The life-size double portrait depicts the two youngest sons of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox : Lord John Stewart (1621–1644) and Lord Bernard Stuart (1622–1645), aged about 17 and 16 respectively.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 [2].
West side of Cartwright Gardens in 2011. Cartwright Gardens is a crescent shaped park and street located in Bloomsbury, London.. The gardens were originally built between 1809 and 1811 as part of the Skinners' Company Estate and were known as Burton Crescent after the developer James Burton. [1]