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Experts think the sketch dates to between 1809 and 1814.
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A previously unknown oil sketch by the renowned British landscape artist\u00a0John Constable<\/a> is headed to auction. The early 19th-century artwork depicts Dedham Vale<\/a>, a green, sprawling valley some 70 miles northeast of London. It\u2019s thought to be an early draft of Constable\u2019s 1815 painting\u00a0View of Dedham Vale From East Bergholt<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 12- by 15-inch sketch will be sold at Tennants Auctioneers next month, and it\u2019s expected to fetch as much as \u00a3200,000 (about $250,000), according to a\u00a0statement<\/a> from the auction house. Constable\u2019s \u201cimpressive and vigorous early\u00a0plein-air<\/em><\/a> sketch\u201d depicts the green, rolling countryside near his childhood home. \u201cI shall never cease to paint such places,\u201d he later\u00a0wrote<\/a>. \u201cThey have always been my delight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOil sketches, much like drawings, have an immediacy\u2014a direct link to the mind and working practices of an artist,\u201d says Jane Tennant, director and auctioneer with Tennants, in the statement. As she tells BBC News<\/a>\u2019 Georgia Levy-Collins, \u201cIt will cause great excitement, no doubt, in the auction world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The sketch may be an early draft of Constable’s View of Dedham Vale From East Bergholt\u00a0<\/em>(1815).<\/p>\n

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Born in\u00a01776<\/a>, a young Constable first learned to paint from a Suffolk plumber and amateur artist. Growing up, he sketched the countryside: Its natural scenes \u201cmade me a painter, and I am grateful,\u201d he later\u00a0wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe sound of water escaping from mill dams \u2026 willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts and brickwork. I love such things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Constable began studying art in 1802 at the\u00a0Royal Academy Schools<\/a>, where he rejected classical landscape painting styles in favor of the guidance of \u201cnature herself.\u201d When he returned home, Constable developed a \u201ccolorful and highly expressive oil sketching style,\u201d which is evident in the piece being auctioned, per the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cExecuted when he was just starting out on his extraordinary career, he has managed to imbue the sketchily painted landscape with such vitality with his deft handling of dramatic light and shade,\u201d says the auction house.<\/p>\n

Based on the sketch\u2019s style, experts have dated it to between 1809 and 1814, as Tennant says in a video<\/a>. The piece depicts Dedham Vale from the north, looking towards the nearby village of Langham. Compared to similarly dated Constable sketches, this one has \u201ca more dramatic use of light and shade,\u201d exemplified by a \u201cburst of sunlight through the clouds illuminating the bottom of the valley,\u201d Tennant adds.<\/p>\n

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An Early Sketch by John Constable<\/p>\n

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