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STICKING TO YOUR GUNS WITH A CONSTABLE

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Dave

John Constable( 1776-1837 ) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home-now known as “Constable Country”-which he invested with an intensity of affection. “I … Continue reading →

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SELF DOUBTS OF A RELENTLESS PERFECTIONIST

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Dave

The similarity in the approaches to landscape taken by the geographer and the landscape painter have been acknowledged since the first half of the nineteenth century. Both are committed to developing coherent descriptions of he surface of the earth in … Continue reading →