Publisher's Synopsis
This memoir is chiefly compiled from Constable's own correspondence and conversation. Combining the merits of classic biography and intimate self-portrait, it is an invaluable sourcebook.
About the Publisher
Phaidon is the world's premier publisher of books on the visual arts. We believe passionately in the creative act and aim to make it exciting and understandable by all and to celebrate its greatness in everything we produce. We have published books with some of the most creative artists, architects, designers, photographers and chefs of the 20th and 21st centuries. We work collaboratively with the creative arts world's most inspiring names to achieve the most faithful representation of, and the truest insight into, the way those artists and visionaries interact with the world around them - whatever medium they work in.
