2. BIOGRAPHY
Was born on 11 June
1776 in East Bergholt
in Suffolk
Entered the Royal
Academy Schools in
1799
Married Maria Bicknell
in 1816
„The Hay Wain‟ won a
gold medal at the
Salon in Paris in 1824,
3. ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT
Worked out his
own technique of
painting
Made preparatory
sketches
Did a series of
paintings devoted
to the scenes on
the river Stour
Storm Clouds, 1798
4. THE HAY WAIN (1821)
The
National
Gallery, Lon
don
An oil on
canvas
painting
Stendhal:
“The mirror
of nature”
5. MALVERN HALL IN WARWICKSHIRE (1809)
The Tate Gallery, London
The residence of of Henry Greswolde
Lewis, friend of the painter
Recalls a long tradition of country house
portraiture which goes back to the 17th
century
