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== John Constable ==
== John Constable ==
[[Image:Constable Flatford Mill.JPG|thumb|Flatford Mill]]
[[Image:Constable Flatford Mill.JPG|thumb|Flatford Mill]]
[[John Constable]] ''is today recognised as the major English landscape painter of the 19th century, matched only by his contemporary, J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). But he was not particularly successful during his lifetime.'' <ref>[http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/lili/personen/fleischmann/d_archsuse05/299_ept_gesamt.htm#gainsb John Constable: The Man and His Work]</ref>
Constable, as the son of a prosperous miller, was brought up in one of the most
beautiful parts of the English country. "These scenes," said Constable, "made me
a painter--and I am thankful;" His life had the intense images of his
childhood contemplation, trees, horses, water, clouds.
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