Brightwell Church and Village

Painting by John Constable

Brightwell Church and Village

Artist	John Constable
Year	1815
Type	Oil on canvas, Landscape painting
Dimensions	22.8 cm × 15.5 cm (9.0 in × 6.1 in)
Location	Tate Britain, London

Brightwell Church and Village is an 1815 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It depicts a view of Brightwell near Ipswich in Suffolk. Although showing his native county, it is some distance away from the area known as Constable Country. It was commissioned by the Reverend Barnwell. Today it is in the collection of Tate Britain in Pimlico.

References

Bury p.261
Fleming-Williams & Parris p.131
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-brightwell-church-and-village-t03121

Bibliography

Bury, Stephen (ed.) Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, Volume 1. OUP, 2012.
Fleming-Williams, Ian & Parris, Leslie. The Discovery of Constable. Hamish Hamilton, 1984.

v t e John Constable
Paintings	List of paintings The Church Porch, East Bergholt (1810) The Celebration in East Bergholt of the Peace of 1814 (1814) Brightwell Church and Village (1815) Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill (1815) Stour Valley and Dedham Church (1815) Golding Constable's Flower Garden (1815) Golding Constable's Vegetable Garden (1815) The Quarters behind Alresford Hall (1816) The Wheat Field (1816) Wivenhoe Park (1816) Flatford Mill (1817) Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill (1817) Willy Lott's House from the Stour (1818) The White Horse (1819) Dedham Lock and Mill (1820) Harwich Lighthouse (1820) Stratford Mill (1820) Waterloo Bridge (1820) Harnham Gate (1821) The Hay Wain (1821) Malvern Hall (1821) The Grove, Hampstead (1822) Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire (1822) Road to the Spaniards (1822) Yarmouth Jetty (1822) Gillingham Bridge (1823) Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (1823) The Lock (1824) Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath (1825) The Cornfield (1826) Parham Mill (1826) Chain Pier, Brighton (1827) The Vale of Dedham (1828) Hadleigh Castle (1829) The Glebe Farm (1830) Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831) The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (1832) Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead (1832) Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1836) Hampstead Heath with a Rainbow (1836) Arundel Mill and Castle (1837)
Related	Charles Golding Constable (son) Constable Country

John Constable

Paintings

List of paintings
The Church Porch, East Bergholt (1810)
The Celebration in East Bergholt of the Peace of 1814 (1814)
Brightwell Church and Village (1815)
Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill (1815)
Stour Valley and Dedham Church (1815)
Golding Constable's Flower Garden (1815)
Golding Constable's Vegetable Garden (1815)
The Quarters behind Alresford Hall (1816)
The Wheat Field (1816)
Wivenhoe Park (1816)
Flatford Mill (1817)
Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill (1817)
Willy Lott's House from the Stour (1818)
The White Horse (1819)
Dedham Lock and Mill (1820)
Harwich Lighthouse (1820)
Stratford Mill (1820)
Waterloo Bridge (1820)
Harnham Gate (1821)
The Hay Wain (1821)
Malvern Hall (1821)
The Grove, Hampstead (1822)
Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire (1822)
Road to the Spaniards (1822)
Yarmouth Jetty (1822)
Gillingham Bridge (1823)
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (1823)
The Lock (1824)
Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath (1825)
The Cornfield (1826)
Parham Mill (1826)
Chain Pier, Brighton (1827)
The Vale of Dedham (1828)
Hadleigh Castle (1829)
The Glebe Farm (1830)
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831)
The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (1832)
Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead (1832)
Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1836)
Hampstead Heath with a Rainbow (1836)
Arundel Mill and Castle (1837)

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