John Constable – John Allcock

Messing about with “finished” pictures

09/01/202520/12/2021 by John

I was greatly relieved today, looking thorough Apollo magazine, to come across an article about the new John Constable exhibition at the Royal Academy, and to discover that he was prone to messing about with his pictures well after they were supposedly finished. It seems that his Leaping Horse (1825) gave him great anxiety. “I … Read more

Oldies and goldies

09/01/202507/11/2021 by John

One of our trips during our recent expedition to London was to the National Gallery. This fitted well with our interests for two reasons. Not long ago we watched a TV film about Turner, and also I thought that it would fit well also with my developing interest in the diversity of relationships depicted in … Read more