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The Bulletin
Fix this textFISH STORY — PAGE 27
Fix this text“The Bulletin,†Vol. 78—No. 4016
Fix this textWednesday, January 30, 1957
Fix this textPrice 1/-
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textNo. 334: the Homeland Series by the House of Seppelt.
Fix this textFLATFORD MILL, KEY TO THE CONSTABLE COUNTRY
Fix this textTHE River Stour, in East Anglia, passes through a pleasant wooded and
Fix this textpastoral region around East Bergholt in Suffolk, which is known as the
Fix this textConstable Country. It was there that the greatest of English landscape painters
Fix this textwas born in 1776 and where he spent his boyhood absorbing the sights and
Fix this textscenes along the river which he later immortalised in his paintings. “Those
Fix this textscenes,†he recorded, “made me a painter.â€
Fix this textThe heart of the Constable Country is Flatford Mill, illustrated here,
Fix this textwhich, with Dedham Mill, was owned by Constable's father, a miller. After
Fix this textleaving the Grammar School at Dedham, John Constable worked in his
Fix this textfather’s business until he reached the age of twenty-two. Although it no
Fix this textlonger serves its original purpose, Flatford Mill has recently been restored and
Fix this textis now in the care of the National Trust —as is the adjoining Willy Lott s
Fix this textCottage.â€
Fix this textEven as a schoolboy all of Constable s spare time was devoted to painting,
Fix this textand later his experience as a miller, which necessitated the study of clouds and
Fix this textthe weather, served a useful purpose when he portrayed the beauties of the
Fix this textEnglish landscape. The cornfields, old mills, rustic bridges, the trees, farmyard
Fix this textanimals and, above all, the great skies filled with cumulus cloud were the
Fix this textfavorite subjects of this renowned painter, whose works can b'e seen in the
Fix this textNational Gallery, the Tate Gallery and elsewhere in London.
Fix this text•In 1799, at the age of 22, Constable began his studies as a painter by
Fix this textentering the Royal Academy School in London, and three years later he
Fix this textheld an exhibition at the Academy, to which he was elected as an associate
Fix this textmember in 1819. Three years earlier, after a five-year engagement, he married
Fix this textMary Bicknel): the delay being due to the opposition taf her relatives. His
Fix this textmonetary worries were relieved by a legacy of £BOOO in 1819. Two years
Fix this textlater he won a gold medal at the Paris Salon for his well-known picture Ihe
Fix this textHay Wain,†but the turning point in his career came with his “Dedham Vale,
Fix this textof which there are numerous reproductions. Another ol Constable s favorite
Fix this textsubjects was Flatford Mill, which his brush immortalised, and tew English
Fix this textlandscapes were more familiar than this part of the Stour Valley.
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