# John Constable

English, 1776–1837

Constable painted the countryside of his native Suffolk, especially the Stour valley around his father’s mills, with an attention to weather and light new to English art. Recognition came slowly; he made full-size oil sketches for his large “six-footers”, and The White Horse won him associate membership of the Royal Academy. He made many of his cloud studies on Hampstead Heath in the early 1820s, and The Hay Wain was admired in France when shown at the Paris Salon of 1824.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Stoke-by-Nayland](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/stoke-by-nayland-aic-4758), John Constable, 1836. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The White Horse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-white-horse-nga-1146), John Constable, 1818-1819. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Wivenhoe Park, Essex](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wivenhoe-park-essex-nga-1147), John Constable, 1816. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.