Constable was born in the Suffolk village of East Bergholt on June 11, 1776. With “Constable 250,” nearby Ipswich honors the pastoral painter’s connections to his homeland, community, country and contemporary art

John Constable, Golding Constable's Kitchen Garden , 1815 Colchester + Ipswich Museums

On a summer day almost 250 years ago, John Constable was born in Suffolk, England. He grew up to be one of England’s most famous romantic landscape artists—so skillfully depicting his lush, valleyed homeland that it was later dubbed “Constable Country.”

Now, in honor of Constable’s 250th birthday, the Suffolk port town of Ipswich—which lies about 10 miles from his birthplace—is putting on three exhibitions devoted to his work. The trio of shows, dubbed Constable 250 , will run successively through early 2027 at Christchurch Mansion , one of the Colchester + Ipswich Museums .…