Quote of the day
A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.
John Constable
Born: June 11, 1776
Died: March 31, 1837 (aged 60)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- The Hay Wain (1821)
- Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831)
- The Cornfield (1826)
- The Lock (1824)
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