John Constable was born the son of a well-to-do miller, and raised in what is commonly known as one of EnglandÕs most beautiful counties. As a youngster he was taught French and Latin, and expected to continue his fathers business, and naturally engouraged to abandon any dreams of his own art carreer.

Constable believed that the lanscape painter should be humbled by the beauty of nature, and only then can they truly capture itÕs "true" beauty. Unlike Turner Constables talent was not widely recognized during his, and it was only after his depth that the public came to apreacciate the true beauty of his work.