John Constable & Alfred Sisley

John Constable & Alfred Sisley


I have chosen to write about John Constable and Alfred Sisley’s paintings.
John Constable was born on the 11th of June 1776 in East Bergholt, Suffolk. His father was a corn merchant with two watermills and 90 acres of land. John left Dedham Grammar School and worked in the family business, but his desire was to be an artist. John met Sir George Beaumont, an amateur painter, who showed him a landscape painting by Claude Lorrain, enticing John to study art. In 1799 his father allowed him to attend the Royal Academy. John’s father died in 1816 and Constable became financially secure and so he married Maria Bicknell – she was the guiding passion in his life. Constable and his wife moved to Hampsted Heath, London, in 1821. They had seven children, five of whom became artists. Constable was heartbroken when his wife, aged 40 died of TB.
I like Johns paintings because they are so full of detail and warm colours, for example the â...