A RT G ALLERY The Tate Gallery

T HE T ATE G ALLERY The idea of the Tate Gallery took shape in When it opened, it intended as a collection of contemporary British painting only.The Tate Gallery has become the national collection of British painting of all periods, and the national collection of modern sculpture, both British and foreign.

T HOMAS G AINSBOROUGH. R OBERT A NDREWS AND H IS WIFE Thomas Gainsborough ( ).A very lyrical painter, who successfully connected man and nature. A very strong psychologist, he painted mostly women on the background of the scenery. He liked blue colors best of all. His portraits are optimistic, and the light and shade of color are in full harmony with the lines

William Turner ( ). Began his activity in art as a watercolor master.

T URNER ( ) William Turner ( ). Began his activity in art as a watercolor master. Light and atmosphere were his characteristic features. Turner is a super colorist. He studied colors very seriously, and is said to anticipate the art of Impressionists and abstract painters of the 20 th century. In his Rain. Steam and Speed (1844) he worked much on the color interruption.

C ONSTABLE ( ) T HE C ORNFIELD John Constable was fond of the place, where he was born and spent his childhood on the river Stour. He saw very beautiful woods. He painted the landscape without any changes and trees or other objects were in his paintings very true to life. He is said to be the first landscape painter in England..