Although he did not even make his 26th birthday, Bonington was very successful, and a great influence on Delacroix and others since.
Constable
It is hard to be sure when oil painting outdoors first started, but the oldest such paintings date from before 1700.
His old oaks were saplings during the Middle Ages, and he was a great influence on Gainsborough, Constable, and others.
He intended to be a landscape painter, and was co-founder of the British school of landscape painting. A major influence of Constable and others.
Looser and more painterly styles from Guardi around 1775 to Delacroix in 1862: paving the way for the Impressionists.
A chronological index to articles in this series, with example paintings.
Constable may seem an unlikely revolutionary, but his landscapes and their trees inspired the Barbizon School and Impressionists.
A brief glance through the history of painting trees in the landscape, from Rubens and Poussin to van Gogh and Pissarro.
The period 1700 to 1850 saw the introduction of the first modern pigments, such as Prussian blue and emerald green, which started to transform paintings.
A total of 17 paintings by 13 artists from 11 viewpoints, covering 261 years of art and parliamentary history.
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