John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area 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". His most famous paintings include "Dedham Vale" of 1802 and "The Hay Wain" of 1821. Wikipedia
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John Constable was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, on 11 June 1776, the fourth child and second son of Ann and Golding Constable. www.abcgallery.com/C/constable/constable.html
Constable had a stubbornly honest streak, combined with a strong self-belief, that kept him painting landscapes, regardless of public acknowledgment. www.buzzle.com/articles/john-constable-english-landscape-...
Constable, John (1776-1837). English painter, ranked with Turner as one of the greatest British landscape artists. www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/constable/
The strips of canvas added to both sides suggest that Constable made this sketch to work out the composition for a proposed exhibition picture. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/cottage...