His evocative paintings of the Suffolk countryside such as The Cornfield, The Vale of Dedham and The Hay Wain still define rural England as we like to imagine it, and draw visitors from around the ...

The Hay Wain was one of Constable’s vast “six-footers” painted to attract the attention of buyers and depicts a hay cart or “wain” in the River Stour next to Flatford Mill in Suffolk.

And the hay wain – or wagon – itself was based on ... one of those spectacular Suffolk churches built mostly in the 15th century, but whose tower was left unfinished when Henry VIII’s ...

Not boasting or anything but I grew up with Constable. My grandmother had a copy of The Hay Wain in her sitting room and I rather think there was a copy of The Cornfield as well. So whenever I ...

The pencil drawing includes a view of Framlingham Castle in Suffolk, which is 30 miles from ... Constable is famous for landscape paintings such as The Hay Wain. Suzanne Zack, art expert at ...

Constable, who died aged 60 in 1837, is best known for his depiction of the English countryside, particularly his native Suffolk. He is best known for his 1821oil painting The Hay Wain which ...