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Gillian Cooke

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I have to say I am blown away by his oil ‘sketching’ which are to me beautiful painting! So pleased to have been directed to this lesser known work!!

Alan Bickley

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Well I’m so pleased that I was able to introduce this great master, and particularly being able to showcase some of his lesser known works.
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Russell Edwards

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I've always been an admirer of Constable, both of his sketches and finished masterpieces, but that tree study is pretty amazing.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I was really surprised when the tree came up and needed to check it was his Russell  , to a person like me who loves trees in life and in art it is outstanding.  We are all benefiting from each other’s knowledge, you would pay pounds to get this information and learning , fortunately we have this great POL resource to access, I certainly promote the site and the magazines every chance I get. 

Alan Bickley

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I thought I’d seen all or certainly the majority of his work, but I’ve never seen that tree before… it doesn’t look like his style!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I asked for painting by Constable and it came up as a study by him, however I’m assuming that Google gave me the correct information. It would be interesting to find out , I will now search  for tree paintings by Constable and see what I get.  It is his work and is in the V&A collection he painted it at Hampstead . 

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Having searched for  tree painting by Constable I found quite a few on line , it seems he was fond of trees here are some examples .

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

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Elms featured heavily - one of the above of course is a very fine oak tree.  I remember those gigantic elms - just about all gone now.  
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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I thought I’d seen all or certainly the majority of his work, but I’ve never seen that tree before… it doesn’t look like his style!
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E'en so - it is a Constable.  It's an early study, and if I still had the book I originally saw it in, I'd direct you that way.   No, it doesn't look like his style, but it was a definite study, in the 'I've got to get this right before I can move on' sense; I think it might have been in England's Constable, published a good few years ago by the Folio Society: I fear that I sold it.  
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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The tree study was painted in 1821 and is oil on canvas 30.6cm x 24.8 cm , but I bet he did in in inches.  Stoke Poges church 1834, water colours with pen and dark brown ink and scratching out on medium smooth cream woven paper . 21.6 x 19.5 cm. Fen Lane East Bergholt, c1811 oil on paper laid on canvas 22.1x19,5 cm
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Lewis Cooper

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A master.  But I have to agree with Jenny, that sometimes some works seem heavy.  But those drawings!!  I've not seen them before.  How wonderful, especially that magnificent oak with the goats in the forground...breathtakingly good.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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My view of Constable had certainly changed having look at his work beyond the Haywain as it did by looking beyond Turners Commercialised works. It’s great when we discover a artist that is new to us and that has happened quite a lot through this thread , but there is a equal pleasure in finding more than the force fed artworks of well known artists.  I can’t help but post some more of his trees etc.  This first one is attributed to Constable. His birth place. 
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