John Constable (;"Constable, John," Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape paintingV&A: John Constable - an introduction with his pictures of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. "I should paint my own places best", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, "painting is but another word for feeling".
John Constable (;"Constable, John," Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape paintingV&A: John Constable - an introduction with his pictures of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. "I should paint my own places best" he wrote to. his friend John Fisher in 1821, "pai,nting is but another word for feeling"