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John Constable
Self-portrait by John Constable, detail of a drawing in pencil and watercolour, c. 1804; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
John Constable grew up in the small village of East Bergholt, located in Suffolk, England.12
The son of a wealthy miller, Constable spent his childhood in this rural setting, which deeply influenced his artistic career. He frequently returned to East Bergholt throughout his life to sketch and paint the surrounding landscape, particularly the valley of the River Stour. This area, which he famously described as his own "careless boyhood" home, became so central to his work that it is now widely known as "Constable country".213