POSTED ON: 30/07/2020
Christchurch Mansion, in Christchurch Park, is home to the world's most significant collection of Constable paintings and artworks; along with a rare selection of Gainsborough landscape paintings and portraiture.
Both the artists have a strong connection with Ipswich and Suffolk, and many of their landscape paintings are of the town or the surrounding countryside; some of these places you can still visit to this day.
Who was John Constable? (1776-1837)
Born in East Bergholt in Suffolk, Constable is one of Britain's most famous landscape painters, known for his revolutionary 'moody' style of oil painting. As a young artist, he went on amateur sketching trips in the Dedham Vale on the Suffolk-Essex border, giving the area the name "Constable County".
Who was Thomas Gainsbrough? (1727-1788)
Born in Sudbury on the western edge of Suffolk, Gainsborough is a famous portrait and landscape painter best known for his quick painting style and for being a founding member of the Royal Academy. Gainsborough moved to Ipswich in 1752 and made many paintings of the town and towns-people that he knew.
Here are 10 paintings by Constable and Gainsborough that are currently on display in Christchurch Mansion
Golding Constable's Flower Garden (1815)
by John Constable
Golding Constable's Kitchen Garden (1815)
by John Constable
The Ladies of the Family of Mr William Mason of Colchester (1802-1806)
by John Constable
Farm Care Horse in Harness (1814)
by John Constable
The Mill Stream, Willy Lotts House (1814-1815)
by John Constable
Holywells Park (1748-1759)
by Thomas Gainsborough
Cottage Door with Girl and Pigs (1786)
by Thomas Gainsborough
Country Care Crossing a Ford (1786)
by Thomas Gainsborough
William Wollaston (1759)
by Thomas Gainsborough
Mrs Bedingfield and Her Daughter (1770)
by Thomas Gainsborough
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