Andrew Lambirth

Curator-driven ambitions mar this Constable show at the V&A

The small works - the studies of foliage and sketches of landscapes - are the chief value of the exhibition

‘Water-meadows near Salisbury’, 1829/30, by John Constable [Bridgeman Images]
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  • Constable: The Making of a Master

    V&A, until 11 January 2015

  • C.R.W. Nevinson: A Printmaker in War & Peace

    Osborne Samuel, 23a Bruton Street, W1, until 18 October

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