John Constable's "Wivenhoe Park, Essex" (ASL)
The big sky, lush green groves, and languidly grazing cows evoke the calm tranquility of a pastoral landscape in Wivenhoe Park, Essex. John Constable was born and raised in Suffolk, a county near Essex, northeast of London, where he developed an attachment to the rural countryside. The owner of Wivenhoe Park, who was also a close friend of the artist’s father, commissioned this painting.
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