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Sketched in the landscape – Constable’s ‘Dedham Lock and Mill’ 1817

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Posted by administrator on June 9, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

One of the treats for me of the Laing’s current exhibition of Sketching from Nature is Constable’s large oil study of Dedham Lock and Mill. It has such vibrancy and immediacy – we can feel that we’re looking through the artist’s… Read more

JMW Turner : The Thames Near Walton Bridges, 1805

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Posted by administrator on May 12, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

Fresh, vivid, spontaneous – this is one of Turner’s most attractive oil sketches, I think. He’s responding to the visual sensations of this spot on the River Thames – the colours and shapes of the landscape, and the light flooding… Read more

John Constable : Hampstead Heath with the House Called ‘The Salt Box’, about 1819

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Posted by administrator on April 11, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

A bright patch of colour – a man wearing a red waistcoat – pulls our eyes out to the far right of this picture, ensuring that we don’t miss the full width of this airy panorama. It shows the view… Read more

Take a look behind the scenes as a new exhibition goes up

Art   Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on December 18, 2012     Permalink     Comments (4)

Ana, the museum service’s picture conservator, is making the last cleaning touches to a painting for the new exhibition of pictures from the Laing’s collection. She’s using moistened cotton wool wound around a special cleaning stick – a painstaking job. The… Read more