Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons by Susan Owens Rivers he stops to save George

he stops to save George

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Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons by Susan Owens Rivers he stops to save GeorgeAs exhilarating as a lungful of oxygen: that's how some of his contemporaries felt about John Constable's paintings. Others, though, were baffled by his uncompromisingly fresh and realistic treatment of the natural world. Author Susan Owens follows Constable's work and life through the seasons, tracing the rhythms and resonances of the artist's year to offer a vivid, unconventional perspective on this beloved figure. Whether in London in May,