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John Constable (June 11, 1776 – March 31,
1837) was a British artist. He was born in East
Bergholt, a village on the River River Stour,
Suffolk|Stour in Suffolk, England.

Constable is known for his landscape paintings,
though he only sold 20 paintings in England during
his lifetime and was not elected to the Royal
Academy until he was 52, just 8 years before his
death. At the time, his work was appreciated more
in France, and his The Hay Wain painting showed in
the Paris Salon in 1824.

The area of Dedham Vale in Suffolk is known as
Constable Country. Flatford Mill, the subject of
one of his best known paintings, The Hay Wain, was
owned by his father, a brewing|brewer who did well
in the trade. Nearby Bridge Cottage is a National
Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural
Beauty|National Trust property.

Constable loved Maria Bicknell, a local girl whose
solicitor father was acquainted with the king, and
who did not consider Constable good enough for his
daughter.  After five years, he finally gave his
consent to the marriage in 1816. After giving
birth to seven children, Maria died of consumption
(tuberculosis) in 1829, an event which devastated
her husband.



==Paintings==
*The Hay Wain – 1821
*Salisbury Cathedral – 1825
*The Cornfield – 1826

==See also== 
*British art
*English school of painting
*List of British painters

==External links==
Commonscat|John Constable
*http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/coll
ections/cottageateast.asp Cottage at East Bergholt
(c.1833) in the
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/index
.asp Lady Lever Art Gallery
*http://www.abcgallery.com/C/constable/constable.h
tml John Constable at Olga's Gallery