John Constable (1776 - 1837) 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, the area surrounding his home, now known as "Constable Country" (from Wiki). I have appreciated Constable since I was a teenager - I had a reproduction of his arguably most famous painting, the Hay Wain, in my room. As in the other posts in this subject, I selected a self portrait by the artist as first illustration. In Constable's case, that was easy - there is only one that is known (1806, pencil on paper).
Wivenhoe Park (1816)
Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill (1817)
Dedham Lock and Mill (1818)
Water Meadows near Salisbury (1820)
The Hay Wain (1821)
View of Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (1823)
The Lock (1824)
A Mill at Gillingham in Dorset (1826)
Hadleigh Castle (1829)
Stonehenge (1835)
The Valley Farm (1835)
Copyright statement: images all in public domain.
