
Study for the White Horse
John Constable's Study for the White Horse is an oil on canvas work that functions as a preparatory study. The piece exemplifies Constable's dedication to landscape painting and naturalistic observation.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Old Masters Evening Auction
December 7, 2022
Estimate: $250,000 to $350,000
Lot 31
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Artists in conversation
J.M.W. Turner
British · b. 1775
Turner was Constable's contemporary and fellow Romantic landscape painter who shared a deep commitment to capturing the natural English countryside in oil. His atmospheric treatments of rural and pastoral scenes closely parallel the naturalistic observation seen in this preparatory study.
Thomas Gainsborough
British · b. 1727
Gainsborough produced richly observed English landscape paintings in oil that celebrated rural scenery with a similar naturalistic and contemplative spirit. His loose brushwork and attention to foliage, sky, and pastoral mood align closely with Constable's preparatory landscape studies.
Camille Corot
French · b. 1796
Corot was a master of plein air landscape studies in oil on canvas, producing preparatory and finished works that emphasized direct observation of nature with soft tonal qualities. His dedication to capturing natural light and rural scenery makes his work a very close parallel to this Constable study.
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