#constable 250

250 years of Constable and that sky still feels alive. In "Coastal Scene", the green slope, sheep and lone oak matter but the clouds lead the painting. Constable was not just painting countryside, he was studying weather, light, and the way the sky changes everything below it. He kept notes on clouds, painted outdoors, and looked upward before many painters took the sky seriously. That idea - sky as the main force, not just a background - helped shape later artists from Boudin to the Impressionists. Quelle: meisterdrucke.com