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The Wheat Field (Constable)

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The Wheat Field
ArtistJohn Constable
Year1816
TypeOil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions54.6 cm × 78.1 cm (21.5 in × 30.7 in)
LocationClark Art Institute, Massachusetts

The Wheat Field is an 1816 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.[1] [2] It depicts a scene in his native Suffolk. The view across a wheat field depicts a cluster of farm workers who are who are seen harvesting the crop. Today it is in the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts having been gifted to the collection in 2007.[3]

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  • Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
  • Gray, Anne & Gage, John. Constable: Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky. National Gallery of Australia, 2006.