John Constable

11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837

an English landscape painter in the

naturalistic tradition
 General information:

• 1776 – Born in in East Bergholt, a

village on the River Stour in Suffolk

• 1799 – start a career in art

• 1816 – married to Maria Elizabeth

Bicknell

Self-portrait, 1806
 “I would rather be a poor man in
England, than a rich man abroad.”
John Constable
Dedham Vale, 1802
Boat-building near Flatford Mill,
1815. 
A Cottage in a Cornfield, 1817
Flatford Mill,
(detail) 1817
The Opening of
Waterloo Bridge
seen from Whitehall
Stairs, 18 June
1817 , 1832
Dedham Lock and Mill,
1820
Mill at Gillingham, Dorset,
1825-26
Salisbury Cathedral from the
Bishop's Grounds c. 1825.
Salisbury Cathedral From
the Meadows, 1831
(detail)
 Sources:
• https://www.john-constable.org/biography.html

• https://www.john-constable.org/the-complete-works.html

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Constable

• http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17291/boat-building-
near-flatford-mill-oil-painting-john-constable/

• https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/john-constable