Biography of John Constable 1776-1837
John Constable 1776-1837 is in Painters.
On 11 Jun 1776 John Constable was born to Golding Constable and Ann Constable nee Watts.
1810. Ramsay Richard Reinagle (age 33). Portrait of John Constable (age 33).
1816. John Constable (age 39). Portrait of the artist's wife [his future wife] Maria Bicknell around the time of their marriage.
Maria Bicknell:
In Oct 1816 John Constable and she were married by Bishop John Fisher at St Martin in the Fields. They had sevn children.
On 23 Nov 1828 she died.
In Oct 1816 John Constable (age 40) and Maria Bicknell were married by Bishop John Fisher (age 68) at St Martin in the Fields [Map]. They had sevn children.
1825. John Constable (age 48). "Salisbury Cathedral [Map] from the Bishop's Grounds".
1826. John Constable (age 49). "The Cornfield". As a gesture of appreciation for John Fisher, the Bishop of Salisbury, who commissioned this painting, Constable included the Bishop and his wife in the bottom left corner.
On 23 Nov 1828 [his wife] Maria Bicknell died.
1829. John Constable (age 52). "Hadleigh Castle [Map]".
1831. John Constable (age 54). "Salisbury Cathedral [Map] from the Meadows".
1835. John Constable (age 58). Stonehenge. When he exhibited it in 1836, Constable appended a text to the title: "The mysterious monument of Stonehenge, standing remote on a bare and boundless heath, as much unconnected with the events of past ages as it is with the uses of the present, carries you back beyond all historical records into the obscurity of a totally unknown period."
On 31 Mar 1837 John Constable (age 60) died.