This is the walk to school, John Constable, the landscape artist, would have made to get to the village of Dedham, through the beautiful Stour Valley.
This is the Grammar School he attended. The original school was granted a Royal Charter in 1575 by Elizabeth I
Inside the church is one of Constable's paintings. Quite unusual as it has a religious theme and doesn't look like a Constable at all. Apparently he painted 3 religious paintings for the the churches within the Stour Valley.
The Church tower is featured in many of Constable's paintings.
So nice to see all the places where he lived. We had an article in the paper about him yesterday.
ReplyDeleteNow as I look at his paintings I'm going to be seeing in my mind the real places that Constable painted. His paintings always seemed to me dreamy/imaginary to me before I saw your photos.
ReplyDeleteThere was an art based game, maybe called Art Auction, and Constable featured in the game. If we see 'Tudor' in Australia, we sneeringly say, 'ah, mock Tudor'. It is difficult to get my head around real Tudor and take it seriously.
ReplyDeletevery cool. Enjoyed the visit through your lens.
ReplyDeleteLovely and interesting pictures. I love pictures of nature.
ReplyDeleteA great collection and tribute to him...:)JP
ReplyDeleteGreat to see what inspired him and to learn more of his life history.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photojournalism of your trip ~ Greats shots and felt like I went on the trip with you!
ReplyDeleteDelightful!
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)