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John Constable — Study for the White Horse
John Constable

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

🔨 Auction Lot

Old Masters Evening Auction

December 7, 2022

Estimate: $250,000 to $350,000

Lot 31

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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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John Constable, 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
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Study, Landscape, Canvas, Romanticism, Constable, Nature, Oil

More works by John Constable

Similar artists

J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Gainsborough, Camille Corot

Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago