Round 4: Tossup 11

This artist added lines from James Thomson’s The Seasons to a painting that caused controversy after being swapped with the painting Caligula’s Palace and Bridge. This artist created a smaller, sunnier replica of one painting later gifted to his patron John Fisher. Another painting by this artist created three years after the death (10[1])of his wife depicts a rainbow amidst a stormy sky above the title building. This artist, who depicted Salisbury Cathedral “from the Meadows” and (10[1])“from the Bishop’s Grounds,” created a set of paintings known as “six-footers,” including one titled The White (10[1])Horse. Willy Lott’s Cottage (10[1])appears on the left-hand side of a (10[1])painting by (10[1])this artist depicting three horses pulling a wagon of wood across the River Stour. For 10 points, name this Romantic painter of The Hay Wain. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: John Constable
<Toronto B, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet E - Chicago A, Toronto B, Brandeis B, JHU A
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