John Constable was a 19th century English landscape painter known for his realistic depictions of the rural Stour Valley. Born in Suffolk to a mill owner, he entered the Royal Academy in 1800 and painted "Flatford Mill" around 1817, capturing the rural scene and working people near his childhood home which inspired him to become an artist. The painting is on display at the Tate Britain and was created using an impasto technique, with Constable known to do large preparatory sketches.

1. John Constable
‘Flatford Mill’
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2.  Born in Suffolk
 The son of a mill-
owner
 1800 - entered the
Royal Academy

3.  tardy recognition
 1819 – was
made an
associate of the
Royal Academy
 1829 - made a
full academician
 Influence on
Romantics and
Impressionists

4. ‘I associate my careless boyhood with
all that lies on the banks of the Stour.
Those scenes made me a painter and I
am grateful - that is, I had often thought
of pictures of them before ever I
touched a pencil.’

5. date of creation: circa 1817
size: 101,6 127
displayed at: Tate Britain
medium: oil

6. depicted working people

9. Impasto technique

11. large preparatory sketches