The White Horse

The White Horse by John Constable

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 127 x 183 cm (50 x 72 1/16 in.) framed: 164.5 x 219.7 x 17.2 cm (64 3/4 x 86 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.9

About the Artist

John Constable · 17761837

John Constable (1776-1837) was an English landscape painter whose naturalistic depictions of the Suffolk countryside revolutionized landscape painting and established him, alongside J.M.W. Turner, as one of England's greatest artists. His work pioneered the direct observation of nature that would later influence the French Barbizon school and, ultimately, Impressionism. Born in East Bergholt, Suf...

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