John Constable was an English painter from 1800 who painted landscapes of the Suffolk countryside along the Stour river where he grew up, the son of a mill owner. He broke with painting traditions by using broken touches of color and large preparatory sketches to accurately capture nature with its skies, meadows, and light, focusing on subjects like The Leaping Horse, The Hay Wain, and The Stonehenge.

1. John Constable… to put imagination aside deliberately

5. broken touches of colour break with the tradition of smooth painting Large preparetory sketches

6. The Leaping Horse Hay Wain

7. The Stonehenge

9. Thank you for attention