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Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle
Monday, March 02, 2009 1:35 PM

05 Mar - 14 Jun 2009 Mon - Wed, Sat, Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Thu, Fri 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE Tel: 020 7306 0055 Seventeenth century artist John Constable is renowned for his landscapes but, as this exhibition shows, he was also a skilled portrait painter. Constable's paintings of himself, his wife and... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, london, england, landscapes, watercolours, john constable, sketches, the painter and his circle, wife, family, himself, seventeenth century, oil, constable portraits, portrait painter, upper midle class, jane austen era, 50 works

Constable portrait show to open
Friday, January 16, 2009 9:21 AM

An exhibition exploring some of John Constable's seldom seen works is to open at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Constable Portraits: The Painter and His Circle will open on 5 March. The collection of almost 50 portraits will feature oil paintings, sketches and watercolours. Rediscovered and previously unseen paintings will be among those on show... Read More...

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Filed under: national portrait gallery, london, watercolours, honesty, integrity, family & friends, john constable, not rated by critics, tate curator Anne Lyles, sketches, oil paintings, self portraits, collection, intense characterisations, constable portrai show, 5th march 2009, the painter and his circle