John Constable
(1776–1837, English Romantic)
(R) Portrait of John Constable by Daniel Gardner, 1796
He is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale (below),
the area surrounding his home — now known as "Constable Country".
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Dedham Vale - John Constable - oil on canvas (44 x 34 cm) 1802 - Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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| Boat-building near Flatford Mill - John Constable - oil on canvas (50 x 61 cm) 1815 - Victoria and Albert Museum (London) |
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| Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) - John Constable - oil on canvas (102 x 127 cm) 1816 - National Gallery (London) |
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| Wivenhoe Park, Essex - John Constable - oil on canvas (56 × 101 cm) 1816 - National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) |
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| The White Horse (A Scene on the river Stour) - John Constable - oil on canvas (130 x 188 cm) 1819 - The Frick Collection (NYC) |
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- John Constable - oil on canvas (130 × 185 cm) 1821 - National Gallery (London) |
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| Hadleigh Castle - John Constable - oil on canvas (122 × 165 cm) 1829 - Yale Center for British Art (New Haven) |
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| Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows - John Constable - oil on canvas (154 × 97 cm) 1831 - Tate Britain (London) |
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| The Opening of Waterloo Bridge ('Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817') - Constable - oil on canvas (131 x 218 cm) 1831-32 - Tate Britain (London) |
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Luke Howard (1772–1864), a British chemist and an amateur meteorologist,
started the Latin nomenclature of clouds.
Source: Wikipedia
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