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John Constable

1776 - 1837

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John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures 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". Constable's most famous paintings include Wivenhoe Park (1816), Dedham Vale (1828) and The Hay Wain (1821). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Constable is the 153rd most popular painter (down from 127th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 239th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Painter.

John Constable is most famous for his paintings of the English countryside.

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Among painters, John Constable ranks 153 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean Fouquet, Jan Steen, Frederic Leighton, Fernand Léger, Filippino Lippi, and William Hogarth. After him are Gentile Bellini, Robert Delaunay, Robert Campin, Frédéric Bazille, Nicolai Abildgaard, and Théodore Rousseau.

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Among people born in 1776, John Constable ranks 5. Before him are Amedeo Avogadro, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Johann Friedrich Herbart, and Sophie Germain. After him are Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Caroline of Baden, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Şehzade Abdullah, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, and Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Among people deceased in 1837, John Constable ranks 6. Before him are William IV of the United Kingdom, Alexander Pushkin, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Charles Fourier, and Hortense de Beauharnais. After him are Akbar II, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, John Field, Giacomo Leopardi, Georg Büchner, and François Gérard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Constable ranks 396 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Henderson (1945), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), William Hogarth (1697), Alcuin (735), and John Lydon (1956). After him are Ian Gillan (1945), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Gary Oldman (1958), Henry Moseley (1887), and Claude Rains (1889).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Constable ranks 4. Before him are J. M. W. Turner (1775), Frederic Leighton (1830), and William Hogarth (1697). After him are John Everett Millais (1829), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), John Collier (1850), Edwin Landseer (1802), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Louis Wain (1860), and William Holman Hunt (1827).

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