Golding Constable's Flower Garden
Golding Constable's Flower Garden is an 1815 painting by John Constable.
The work shows the flower garden belonging to Constable's father, Golding Constable, who lived in the Suffolk village of East Bergholt.
The painting was donated by Ernest Cook, the grandson of the pioneering travel agent Thomas Cook, who left his art collection to the Art Fund, which distributed it to nearly a hundred British galleries. It is currently in Christchurch Mansion, which is near East Bergholt.[1] It formed a pair with the painting Golding Constable's Vegetable Garden and hangs beside it.
The two paintings were painted after Constable's mother had died after falling ill in one of the gardens and when his father was seriously ill.[2] The gardens were demolished after the family home was sold in 1839.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Golding Constable's Flower Garden by John Constable". Art Fund. 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "Art of the Garden: Exhibition guide: Section 1: Thresholds and Prospects". Tate.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ Maeve Kennedy. "Garden state: Constable's paintings of home reveal his emotional side | Art and design". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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