Fancy a Constable?

soolin

pulliptears wrote: »

What ever happened with the painting Nora Desmond bought that she thought was worth a few quid? Did the thread ever update and did she make some cash?

As for this auction, LOL. I did fine art up to A Level and I'm sorry to say I detest constable's work with a passion (sorry!!) Chocolate box painting at its best.

I agree, I wouldn't give it house room.

Mind you, my own passion is also much maligned and i dare not show my face in some circles as I love the pre raphaelites, I was lucky enough to see the exhibition at the Royal Academy a few years back and the paintings were amazing. . We are so used to seeing reproductions of them everywhere that the scale and depth of the actual work takes you aback.

pulliptears

soolin wrote: »

I agree, I wouldn't give it house room.

Mind you, my own passion is also much maligned and i dare not show my face in some circles as I love the pre raphaelites, I was lucky enough to see the exhibition at the Royal Academy a few years back and the paintings were amazing. . We are so used to seeing reproductions of them everywhere that the scale and depth of the actual work takes you aback.

I agree. This would be my favourite painting, and when I saw it in real life I was transfixed:



every house seemed to have a Conastable, particularly The Hay Wain back in the 70's

soolin

pulliptears wrote: »

I agree. This would be my favourite painting, and when I saw it in real life I was transfixed:



every house seemed to have a Conastable, particularly The Hay Wain back in the 70's

When you saw the real one did you get an impression of movement..I was convinced if i stared long enough I would see her float away.

Oh dear, I am taking this rather off topic, naughty Soolin. Is the auction still there I wonder?

wendym

If ever you're in Liverpool, go to Port Sunlight, where the Lady Lever Gallery has a wonderful collection.

My favourite exhibition ever was the huge Burne-Jones in Birmingham (only other venues were New York and Paris) - the tapestries were just extraordinary.

pulliptears

soolin wrote: »

When you saw the real one did you get an impression of movement..I was convinced if i stared long enough I would see her float away.

Oh dear, I am taking this rather off topic, naughty Soolin. Is the auction still there I wonder?

YES!! I think I studied every brush stroke in that, she is so beautiful reproductions don't do her justice.

Shall we get back to topic now lol

luckymoneysaver

Bidding to £103.89 now

People are serious about this

soolin

luckymoneysaver wrote: »

Bidding to £103.89 now

People are serious about this

I rather suspect auction wreckers.

stone7

soolin wrote: »

I rather suspect auction wreckers.

A good copy would be worth a fair few quid.

soolin

stone7 wrote: »

A good copy would be worth a fair few quid.

Plenty of decent prints for less than £20 delivered.

The photos are very poor but the close doesn't show any indication that this is oilm it looks flat like a print but just in a pretty frame

pulliptears

This is really making me smile though The original is still in the currier gallery:
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/constable/constable_lock_and_mill.jpg.html

As for the copy/print theory, have a good look at this rather large wallpaper of dedham mill:

http://www.kabegamilink.com/act/0708/03774.html

Note the exact positioning of the signature, then compare with the auction. You can even see the feet of the horse at 1 o'clock in the auction and in exactly the same spot in the real thing.

My other question would be, would a decent copy really have a lump of pine across the back of the frame?