{"product_id":"the-later-paintings-and-drawings-of-john-constable-paul-mellon-centre-for-studies-in-british-art-2-volumes-9780300031515","title":"The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) (2 Volumes)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Constable  one of the most beloved of British painters  is renowned for his poetic approach to nature and his extraordinary use of broken color. In this beautiful two-volume set  the dean of Constable scholars  Graham Reynolds  discusses all the paintings and drawings the artist produced between 1790 and1816  both before and after his breakthrough into the original style that is the basis of his fame. Together with Reynoldss award-winning The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable (1984)  the books are a catalogue raisonne of this artists monumental oeuvre.The two volumes  one of text and one of plates  describe and reproduce 1370 paintings and drawings in chronological order. They begin with Constables juvenilia and tentative experiments before he went to London in 1799 to become a professional artist. Next are some lesser-known workselegant figure studies of girls  Constables first portraits  and his Lake District watercolors. Finally are the works after 1808Dedham Vale: morning  Flatford Mill from a Lock on the Stour  A Summerland  The Stour Valley and Dedham Village  and the recently rediscovered The Wheatfieldworks that made Constable a major force in British landscape painting. The volumes also include Constables numerous sketches of his homeland around East Bergholt and Dedham from this period  drawings on which he based his later masterpieces. An appendix records and reproduces  as addenda to The Later Paintings and Drawings  94 works produced between 1817 and 1836 that have come to light since those books were published.  Published for the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651528974389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300031513","price":298.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300031515.jpg?v=1781835464","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-later-paintings-and-drawings-of-john-constable-paul-mellon-centre-for-studies-in-british-art-2-volumes-9780300031515","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}