John Constable: English Landscape Painter
John Constable was fourth child born into a wealthy family - his father, Golding Constable, was a corn merchant and owned watermills at Flatford and Dedham and a windmill at East Bergholt. After leaving Dedham Grammar School he joined the family business. A lot of his spare time was spent sketching the landscapes around him and, at 19, after being encouraged by a local amateur artist, he persuaded his father to send him to the Royal Academy in London to study art. A frequent visitor to Stoke by Nayland, he completed many sketches and paintings of the area.
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