John Constable

John Constable, the English Romantic landscape painter, transformed the genre by imbuing his beloved Suffolk countryside with profound personal feeling.

ABOUT

Born in Suffolk in 1776, John Constable was an English landscape painter who revolutionized the genre by focusing on his immediate surroundings, particularly the Dedham Vale area, now affectionately known as "Constable Country." Despite his father being a wealthy corn merchant, Constable persuaded him in 1799 to pursue art professionally. He entered the Royal Academy Schools, studying old masters like Claude Lorrain and Thomas Gainsborough, but soon declared his intention to…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Landscape Study (verso) 1790 · Anglesey Abbey Landscape 1791 · Cleveland Museum of Art Lamarsh House, Lamarsh, Essex 1795 · National Trust Landscape with Trees Surrounding a Pond 1795 · Cleveland Museum of Art Hampstead Heath 1800 · Cleveland Museum of Art Landscape with Cottages 1809 · Art Institute of Chicago

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Claude LorrainBaroque Landscape Thomas GainsboroughRococo/Portraiture Jacob van RuisdaelDutch Golden Age Landscape Peter Paul RubensBaroque