England's Constable: The Life and Letters of John Constable (The Folio Society)

143, [1] pp. Color frontispiece, color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. The work is illustrated with 82 reproductions of paintings and drawings, mostly by Constable, 56 in colour; one of the paintings is also reproduced on the slip case. John Constable (1776 - 1837) is England's best-loved landscape painter, and the familiarity of his images can disguise how revolutionary he really was. His passionate concentration on the truth of the natural world influenced not just other painters but the whole course of romanticism, and the spontaneity and energy of his vision and technique remain as fresh today as ever.