The Cornfield

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The Cornfield is a celebrated 1826 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting a rural Suffolk scene with meticulous natural detail and atmospheric light.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape painting
painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalSignificance celebrated example of Constable’s mature landscape style
noted for atmospheric effects of light and weather
noted for meticulous natural detail
collection National Gallery collection NERFINISHED
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator John Constable NERFINISHED
creatorBirthPlaceDepictedRegion Suffolk NERFINISHED
creatorNationality English
dateOfCreation 1826
depicts English countryside
atmospheric light
boy drinking from a stream
cloudy sky
cornfield
country lane
distant church tower
dog
rural Suffolk landscape
trees
depictsSeason summer
exhibitionVenue Royal Academy of Arts (historical exhibitions) NERFINISHED
follows The Hay Wain NERFINISHED
genre Romanticism
rural landscape
hasColorPalette naturalistic tones
hasPart background village
foreground path
middle-ground field
hasPerspective deep spatial recession
inception 1826
influencedBy Dutch landscape painting
location National Gallery, London NERFINISHED
materialUsed oil paint
movement English Romanticism NERFINISHED
notableWorkOf John Constable NERFINISHED
placeOfDepiction East Bergholt area NERFINISHED
Suffolk NERFINISHED
style naturalistic landscape
subjectMatter agrarian life
pastoral scene
surface canvas
titleLanguage English

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John Constable notableWork The Cornfield