The Wheat Field (Constable)

The Wheat Field
Artist	John Constable
Year	1816
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions	54.6 cm× 78.1 cm(21.5 in× 30.7 in)
Location	Clark 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]

See also

• List of paintings by John Constable

References

1. Bailey p.85
2. Gray and Gage p.132
3. https://www.clarkart.edu/ArtPiece/Detail/The-Wheat-Field-(1)

Bibliography

• 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.