The Wheat Field is an 1816 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1][2] It depicts a scene in his native Suffolk. The view across a wheat field depicts a cluster of farm workers who are seen harvesting the crop. Today it is in the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts having been gifted to the collection in 2007.[3]
| The Wheat Field | |
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| Artist | John Constable |
| Year | 1816 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Dimensions | 54.6 cm × 78.1 cm (21.5 in × 30.7 in) |
| Location | Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Bailey p.85
- ↑ Gray and Gage p.132
- ↑ https://www.clarkart.edu/ArtPiece/Detail/The-Wheat-Field-(1)
Bibliography
edit- Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
- Gray, Anne & Gage, John. Constable: Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky. National Gallery of Australia, 2006.
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