John Constable
Self Portrait (1799/1804) of John Constable, at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Master of the 19C British landscape
John Constable (1776-1837) was a great Romantic British landscapist whose scenes (especially the "happy agricultural peasant" ones) got ever more idealized—but his compositions and brushwork freer—with each passing year.
You'll find his best stuff in:
- National Gallery, London
- V&A, London
- Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Selected works by John Constable in England
Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath, with a Cart and Carters (c.1825) by John Constable in the Tate Britain, London
Where to find works by John Constable in England
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Free
England's greatest repository of Old Masters paintings, with works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, and more
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A small, free city museum of London life, Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art, and Roman ruins in the basement
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Free
A gallery of some of the greatest hits of British painting and sculpture
