Painter. Born in East Bergholt, on the Essex/Suffolk border. From 1819 Constable spent much of his time in Hampstead and many of his finest paintings are of Hampstead landscapes. He died in Fitzrovia and is buried, with his wife, at St John Church in Church Row, Hampstead.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Constable
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John Constable - Lower Terrace
John Constable, 1776 - 1837, artist, lived here in the summers of 1821 - 1822...
John Constable - Mansion Gardens
The plaque has mis-named the painting; it's actually 'Hampstead Heath, with t...
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Leighton Fund
Originated as the bequest left by Lord Leighton in 1896. Bob Speel provides some useful information about what the fund has bought. The newspaper article quoted at Sloane Square fountain contains:...
3 memorials
Glyn Philpot
Glyn Warren Philpot. Artist, known for his portraits. Born Clapham but brought up in Kent. It's fixed now, but when we first did the research Wikipedia had Philpot "married" to Vivian Forbes long b...
1 memorial
Sir William Rothenstein
Artist. Born at 4 Spring Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire. He studied at the Slade School of Art in London, and at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler a...
1 memorial
Frederic George Stephens
Born 10th October 1827, Walworth. Art critic and historian. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1844 where he met Millais and Holman Hunt with whom he joined to found the Pre-Raphaelite Broth...
1 memorial
William Shipley
Drawing master, social reformer and inventor. Wikipedia's page differs significantly from the Oxford Dictionary of National Bigraphy. They agree that he was born in Kent and trained as a painter. H...
1 memorial
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