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John Constable
11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837
JOHN CONSTABLE WAS BORN IN EAST BERGHOLT, A VILLAGE ON THE RIVER STOUR IN SUFFOLK
HIS FATHER WAS A WEALTHY CORN MERCHANT, OWNER OF FLATFORD MILL IN EAST BERGHOLT AND, LATER, DEDHAM MILL IN ESSEX.
IN 1799, CONSTABLE PERSUADED HIS FATHER TO LET HIM PURSUE A CAREER IN ART, AND GOLDING GRANTED HIM A SMALL ALLOWANCE.
CONSTABLE ADOPTED A ROUTINE OF SPENDING WINTER IN LONDON AND PAINTING AT EAST BERGHOLT IN SUMMER. IN 1811 HE FIRST VISITED JOHN FISHER AND HIS FAMILY IN SALISBURY, A CITY WHOSE CATHEDRAL AND SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE WERE TO INSPIRE SOME OF HIS GREATEST PAINTINGS.
FROM 1809, HIS CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIP WITH MARIA BICKNELL DEVELOPED INTO A DEEP, MUTUAL LOVE.
JOHN AND MARIA'S MARRIAGE IN OCTOBER 1816 AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS
Shortly before Maria died, her father had also passed away, leaving her £20,000.
CONSTABLE SPECULATED DISASTROUSLY WITH THE MONEY, PAYING FOR THE ENGRAVING OF SEVERAL MEZZOTINTS OF SOME OF HIS LANDSCAPES IN PREPARATION FOR A PUBLICATION.
In 1835, his last lecture to students of the Royal Academy, in which he praised Raphael and called the Academy the "cradle of British art", was "cheered most heartily".
HE DIED ON THE NIGHT OF THE 31 MARCH, APPARENTLY FROM HEART FAILURE, AND WAS BURIED WITH MARIA IN THE GRAVEYARD OF ST JOHN-AT-HAMPSTEAD, HAMPSTEAD.
