John Constable
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John Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham Vale
Portrait by Ramsay Richard Reinagle, c. 1799
Plaque in East Bergholt marking the site of Constable's childhood home
The Vale of Dedham (1828). Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Wivenhoe Park (1816). National Gallery of Art, Washington.
The Vale of Dedham is an 1828 oil painting by the English painter John Constable which depicts Dedham Vale on the Essex-Suffolk border in eastern England. It is in the permanent collection of the Scot
John Constable
…wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, "painting is but another word for feeling." Constable's most famous paintings include Wivenhoe Park (1816), Dedham Vale (1828) and The Hay Wain (1821). Although his paintings are now among the most popular and valuable in British art, he was never financially successful…
Portrait of John Constable