John Constable - The Leaping Horse

This in-depth exploration of Constable's "The Leaping Horse" (described by Lucian Freud as 'the greatest painting in the world') ponders the avant-garde working methods and full-scale preliminary work that brought the much-loved canvas into being, while also including brand new photography of "The Leaping Horse" itself.

Summary

An engaging examination of one of the Royal Academy's most important treasures, the painting described by Lucian Freud as "the greatest painting in the world".

Product details

• Authors: John Constable, Richard Humphreys
• Publisher: Royal Academy of Art
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781910350812
• ISBN: 978-1-910350-81-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business; Kunstgeschichte, einzelne Künstler, Künstlermonografien, Ausstellungskataloge, Museumskataloge und Sammlungen, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Natur in der Kunst, Suffolk