John Constable (True or false)

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John Constable, one of the greatest landscape painters, was born in Safford, on June 11, 1776. He was the son of a wealthy miller. He began to take interest in landscape painting while he was at grammar school. His father did not favour art as a profession. As a boy Constable worked almost secretly, painting in the cottage of an amateur painter. His keen artistic interest was such that his father allowed him to go to London in 1795, where he began to study painting. In 1799 Constable entered the Royal Academy School in London. He was the first landscape painter who considered that every painter should make his sketches direct from nature, that is, working in the open air. Constable's art developed slowly. He tried to earn his living by portraits.

Constable did not receive real recognition in England during his lifetime. The reactionary critics and aristocracy were not friendly to Constable’s work. The artist understood that his landscapes of cottages and mills, valleys and fields with common people would not bring him fame.

The country where Constable was first recognized when he was already 48 was France.

John Constable was a landscape painter

He began to take interest in landscape painting while he was young

His father favoured art as a profession

As a boy Constable worked almost secretly, painting in the cottage of an amateur painter

Constable went to London in 1795 to study painting.

Constable was the first landscape painter who believed in making sketches directly from nature

All his life he earned a lot of money from his portraits

He received real recognition in England during his lifetime

He understood his landscapes wouldn't bring him immediate fame

The French were the first to publicly glorified the Сonstable