How France Fell In Love With Constable Country
We think of him as the quintessential English painter but John Constable was rejected by the British establishment. Here's how French enthusiasm allowed the Hay Wain artist to remain at his easel.
Towards the end of his life, John Constable travelled by train to his summer home in Dedham Vale, Suffolk. Now widowed, the often-downbeat artist was in the grip of a depression; a malaise worsened by his ever precarious finances and the pressure of raising seven children.
As the train eased towards it destination, Constable briefly forgot his worries as…
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