English art
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English Landscapes

1700 to 1900

 


The decision to separate English and American painting from the Euopean mainstream, is an execption to the rule that the museum uses the Janson History of Art as it's model organization. American art can't be understood in terms of what was happening in Europe. The French may have helped the Anericans win the Revolutionary War, but the people in the United States were mostly of British stock, and everyone looked toward England as the guide. And that guide was pretty conservative as far as art was concerned.

 

 

Joseph Mallord William Turner

born: London, England; 23 April 1775
died: London, England; 19 December 1851

 

 

 Turner: The Dogana, Venice

The Dogana, Venice

 Turner: Venice East

Venice East

 

Eleven more Turner pictures.

 

 

John Constable

born: East Bergholt, England; 11 June 1776
died: London, England; 31 March 1837

The Modern English Portraits Gallery on this floor contains Constable's portrait of his wife.

 

 Constable: Wivenhoe Park, Essex

Wivenhoe Park, Essex
1816
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

 Constable: Salsbur Cathedreal

Salsbury Cathedreal


Eight more Constable Landscapes.

 

 

 

John Sell Cotman

born: Norwich, England; 16 May 1782
died: London, England; 24 July 1842

 

 

Cotman: Duncombe Park - Yorkshire

Duncombe Park --
Yorkshire
about 1807

Cotman: Durham

Durham
about 1805

Cotman: Seashore with Boats

Seashore with Boats
about 1808

Cotman: On the Greta v1

On the Greta
about 1805

Cotman: On the Greta v2

On the Greta
about 1805

Cotman: On the Greta or the Tees

On the Greta or the Tees
1805

 

 

 

John Singer Sargent

born: Florence, Italy (American parents); 1856
died: London, England; 1925

 

Sargent: Majorica

Majorica
1917

Sargent: Santiago

Santiago

 

 Sargent: Muddy Allegators, Florida

Muddy Allegators
1917

  Sargent: Boats at Anchor

Boats at Anchor
1917

 Sargent: White Ships

White Ships
1908

 

 Sargent: Giudecca Canal, Venice

Giudecca Canal -- Venice
1907

 Sargent: Mountain Fire

Mountain Fire
about 1908

 Sargent: Palmettos, Florida

Palmettos -- Florida
1917

 

 

 

Whitstler: Self  James Abbott McNeill Whistler

born: Lowell, Massachusetts; 14 July 1834
died: London, England; 17 July 1903

Whistler was raised in the United States, went to West Point, worked as a cartographer for the US Navy, and then he went to Paris in 1855 (at 21 years old) to study painting. In 1859 he moved to London and settled there. There is several more Whistler's in the Modern English Conceptual Paintings Gallery on this floor and a portrait of Carlysle and Whistler's mother in Modern English Portraits Gallery.

 

 Whitstler: Battersea Bridge

Battersea Bridge

 Whitstler: The Thames in Ice

The Thames in Ice

 Whitstler: Vakoarausi

Valparaiso
1866

 Whitstler: Early Morning

Early Morning
1871

 Whitstler: Wrapping

Wrapping

 Whitstler: Sweet Shop

Sweetshop
1884


 

 

English art
portraits
concept art

2003-03-02