Epsom Heath
John Constable
1806
Medium
brown, gray, and green watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 15.5 × 24 cm (6 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.) mount: 21.3 × 30 cm (8 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.5
About the Artist
John Constable · 1776–1837
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...