Constable, John

1. An English landscape painter of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, known for his pastoral scenes.

Example Sentences

The tomb of John Constable the artist, his wife, and some of his children, is in a shaded corner in the south-east.

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And the carpenter was just about to chalk it with a cross, when he read the name of ‘John Constable.’

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John Constable liked to choose his subjects for his pictures from the familiar scenes near his home.

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Another famous artist who is closely associated with Hampstead was John Constable.

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John Constable was the son of a "yeoman farmer" who meant to make him also a yeoman farmer.

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