Following in the footsteps of earlier Dutch artists, three English artists of the 19th century began a tradition of landscape painting in England. They were Thomas Gainsborough (today thought of mainly for his portraits), John Constable who painted his own beautiful corner of Suffolk, and J.M.W. Turner, whose beautiful use of color often earns him the nickname of the “Father of Impressionism.” Together, these three artist helped raise the status of landscape painting which previously was looked on as a “lesser” type of painting by England’s Royal Academy of Art.