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John Constable
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dzhon Konsteblʹ, Dzhon Konstabŭl, R. A. John Constable, Kʻang-ssŭ-tʻê-pu-êrh, J. Constable R.A., Constable, J. Constable, R.A. Constable
English painter (1776-1837)
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John Constable (1776–1837) was a male artist from the United Kingdom. His work is associated with the classical genre. He is the author of several texts, including *Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Esq. , R. A.* and *Collected Shorter Writings V9*. Other listed works include *Spark In The Dark*, *Philosophy Rhetoric V 7*, and *Princ Literary Criticism V3*.
Constable’s writings have been cataloged in various databases, with one source listing 61 works. He is referenced by 1,152 other encyclopedia articles. A notable quote attributed to him states, “When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Suffolk
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- artist
- Educated at
- figure drawing
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- still life
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Image
- John Constable by Daniel Gardner, 1796.JPG
- Work location
- Lavenham
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- date of birth
- 1776-06-11
- date of death
- 1837-03-31
- Commons category
- John Constable
- Commons gallery
- John Constable
- Commons Creator page
- John Constable
- member of
- Royal Academy of Arts
- topic's main category
- Category:John Constable
- name in native language
- John Constable
- has works in the collection
- Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
- P12749
- Philipp Rösler
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Works in European collections
21 objects attributed to John Constable, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Weymouth Bay (?)
Landschaft
Abendlandschaft
La baie de Weymouth à l “approche de l” orange
The Hay Car
Landschaft
Hampstead Heath (Park in North London)
The House of the Admiral in Hampstead, called “The Grove”
The Water Mill
Stoke-by-Nayland
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Encyclopedic overview
John Constable (/ˈkʌnstəbəl, ˈkɒn-/; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 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 on the borderland of Suffolk and north Essex surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. "I should paint my own places best", he 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. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts at the age of 52. His work was embraced in France, where he sold more than in his native England and inspired the Barbizon school.
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Gallery (12)
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