Newly Discovered Oil Sketch By John Constable Fetches £200,000
An newly attributed oil sketch by the renowned 19th-century English landscape painter John Constable has gone under the hammer in Guernsey.
28 September 2023
John Constable
Banksy Balloon Girl Tops Poll of The Nation’s Favourite Artworks
Banksy’s Girl With A Balloon has been voted the nation’s favourite artwork.
26 July 2017
John Constable Added Rainbow In Salisbury Cathedral Masterpiece At Later Date
John Constable’s six-footer masterpiece Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows exhibited 1831 added the iconic rainbow after it was first exhibited, to mark the death of his friend Archdeacon John Fisher in 1832.
19 February 2017
Important John Constable To Be Auctioned But Will It Get An Export Licence
A major work by the English painter John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837) is to go under the hammer at Christie’s at… Read More
26 May 2016
John Constable’s £9m The Lock Will it Stay In Britain?
John Constable’s The Lock considered to be one of his most iconic compositions has sold for £9,109,000 / €12,562,266 / $13,699,025 at Sotheby’s London. 160… Read More
10 December 2015
Iconic John Constable Paintings Go On Display In Constable Country
Some of the most iconic masterpieces of British art by John Constable, including Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, are… Read More
19 May 2015
John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows To Be Exhibited In Constable Country
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows 1831, one of the great masterpieces by John Constable’s will go on display in Ipswich… Read More
4 February 2015
Selfies And Horror At Turner Contemporary
Turner Contemporary presents the exhibition ‘Self’ which posits the question, in a world where ‘selfies’ have become everyday expressions and… Read More
2 February 2015
Christie’s Gets It Wrong As £900 Painting Is £1.5m Original Constable
A painting thought to be school of John Constable has been authenticated, as the real deal. Two years ago Christie’s… Read More
9 January 2015
John Constable V&A To Mount Major Autumn Museum Exhibition
The V&A is to mount a major autumn exhibition that will re-examine the work of John Constable (1776-1837). Constable, one… Read More
10 April 2014
Protester Arrested After Defacing Constable Painting At London’s National Gallery
A man has been arrested after supergluing a photograph to an important painting by John Constable, in London’s National Gallery…. Read More
28 June 2013
Tracey Emin To Be Royal Academy Professor of Drawing
Controversial appointment of leading YBA to position formally held by William Turner, John Constable, and William Blake Tracey Emin –… Read More
14 December 2011
Stolen Masterpieces Recovered in Scotland
Works by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Samuel Peploe and Federico Barocci Returned. Poor record keeping and slack security by the Kelvingrove… Read More
20 January 2011