题 目：Artists Series: John Constable / 艺术家系列：约翰·康斯太勃尔

作 者：Gillian Forrester

出 版：Tate ，2024

装 帧：平装，96页

尺 寸：14*19.7 cm

这本书是对约翰·康斯太勃尔（John Constable）生平与作品的迷人介绍，着重阐述了他创新实践的关键方面，以及他如何为19世纪艺术中的自然观察注入了新的活力。

约翰·康斯太勃尔（1776-1837）是有史以来最伟大的风景画家之一。他受自然和变幻莫测的英国天气的启发，将职业生涯致力于捕捉自然界的美丽，经常在户外作画，并颇为前卫地在现场用油画即兴创作草图。他对19世纪乡村生活的田园诗般、充满怀旧情怀的描绘已成为经典：这些作品注重细节，笔触自然，色彩运用大胆，充满了戏剧性和叙事感，传达出快乐与悲伤、爱与友谊的情感。同时，它们也因熟悉而表达清晰：康斯太勃尔更喜欢描绘他所熟知和热爱的地方，他的风景画展现了一种情感上的联系和对地方的真正感知。

本书记录了康斯太勃尔从萨福克乡村的童年和青少年时期到六十岁在伦敦去世的非凡人生轨迹，是了解这位备受赞誉的艺术家的完美入门书籍。通过汇集他职业生涯中的一系列绘画、素描、速写本和版画作品，本书介绍了塑造他艺术视野的影响因素，展现了他对光线和色彩的精湛运用，以及他对风景画传统的巨大贡献。

吉莉安·弗雷斯特（Gillian Forrester）是一位独立艺术史学家、策展人和作家。她曾任耶鲁英国艺术中心版画与素描部高级策展人，专攻英国版画文化，尤其关注约翰·康斯太勃尔和约瑟夫·马洛德·威廉·透纳（J.M.W. Turner）的作品。

A fascinating introduction to the life and work of John Constable, this book highlights key aspects of his innovative practice and the ways in which he brought a new vivacity to the observation of nature in nineteenth century art.

John Constable (1776–1837) was one of the greatest landscape painters of all time. Inspired by nature and the ever-changing British weather, he dedicated his career to capturing the beauty of the natural world, often painting in the open air and, rather radically, making expressive sketches in oil on the spot. His idyllic, nostalgic depictions of nineteenth-century rural life are iconic: attentive to detail, spontaneous in gesture and bold in their use of colour, they are imbued with a sense of drama and narrative, conveying feelings of happiness and sorrow, love and friendship. But they also have a clarity of expression borne of familiarity: preferring to paint the places he knew and loved, Constable’s landscapes demonstrate an emotional connection, and a true sense of place.

Charting Constable’s remarkable trajectory from his childhood and adolescence in rural Suffolk to his death in London at the age of sixty, this book is the perfect introduction to the life and work of the acclaimed artist. Bringing together a selection of paintings, drawings, sketchbooks and prints from across his career, the introduction book spotlights the influences that shaped his artistic vision, revealing a masterful use of light and colour, and his immense contribution to the landscape tradition.

Gillian Forrester is an independent art historian, curator and writer. She was formerly Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Yale Centre for British Art and specialises in British print culture, with a particular focus on John Constable and J.M.W. Turner.