Who painted “The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (‘Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817’)”?

“The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (‘Whitehall Stairs, June 18th, 1817’)” was painted by John Constable in 1832. Where to see it: Tate.

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John Constable: the English countryside under big moving clouds: green fields, mills, carts and rivers, with flecks of white paint for sparkle.

John Constable (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham Vale, the area on the borderland of Suffolk and north Essex surrounding his home – now known as "Constable Country" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. Wikipedia

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More by John Constable

“The Hay Wain”, 1821
“Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds”, 1823
“Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows”, 1831
“The Cornfield”, 1826
“Flatford Mill”, 1816
“The Vale of Dedham”, 1828
“Dedham Lock and Mill”, 1820
“The White Horse”, 1819