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The Cornfield is an oil painting by the English artist John Constable, completed from January to March 1826 in the artist’s studio. The painting shows a lane leading from East Bergholt toward Dedham, Essex, and depicts a young shepherd boy drinking from a pool in the heat of summer. The location is along Fen Lane, which the artist knew well.
Though left unfinished until March 1833, Constable based the donkey in this painting on a life study done in December 1815. The corn in the field remains green on the side shaded from the sun, but is ripe elsewhere, suggesting it is set in the month of July.
When Constable was looking for a subject to work up for the 1826 Royal Academy exhibition, he turned to this canvas and from it painted the picture now known as The Cornfield (now in the National...
A Lane near Flatford John Constable c.1810–11 On display at Tate Britain part of JMW Turner
14 Okt 2023 · A Cottage in a Cornfield is the property of the National Museum of Wales and can be viewed at its museums in Cardiff and Wales. It is often available during various art exhibitions around the UK. Learn more about A Cottage in a Cornfield by British landscape artist, John Constable.
11 Okt 2020 · CONSTABLE, John (1776 - 1837) Date: 1817. Media: oil on canvas. Size: 31.5 x 26.3 cm. Acquired: 1978; Purchase; with assistance of the Art Fund. Accession Number: NMW A 486. Constable studied at the Royal Academy Schools and developed a remarkably spontaneous technique.
Dr Mary McMahon, our Bernays Curatorial Fellow of British Paintings, asks whether this lane and stream exist or if this rural idyll is exactly that. John Constable, The Cornfield, 1826. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.
