SUSSEX landmarks captured by a renowned Romantic painter will go on display for the first time where they were created.

The Chain Pier, windmills of the South Downs and rainstorms over the sea are all explored in work by John Constable - famous for his landscapes.

The exhibition, which looks at his time in the seaside resort where he stayed with his family between 1824 and 1828 will be on display in Brighton Museum and Art Gallery from April 8 to October 8, 2017.

Constable’s wife Maria suffered from Tuberculosis, and on medical advice the couple and their children took lodgings in Brighton for extended periods. Despite this, after four years, Maria sadly died at the age of 41. Working between Brighton and London, he produced around 150 works in the town. Some were commissions, created in his painting room and usually destined for the French market, but his long, systematic walks in and around Brighton also prompted many other creations.

The display will bring together more than 60 sketches, drawings and paintings from his time in Brighton for the first time, in the place where they were created. Focusing on his family life and walks, it will explore the impact and influence of the work he made here, as well as the working practices he developed and the locations and people who inspired him.

Despite his paintings now being among the most cherished and valuable in British art he sold more paintings in France than in England, and was never really financially successful in his lifetime.

Brighton artist Peter Harrap will be helping to curate the exhibition. His interest in Constable flourished when he discovered he was living in the house where the artist had lodged.

He said: "He wasn’t a huge fan of busy Brighton, referring to it as ‘Piccadilly by the sea’, but he enjoyed walks and his time here was very productive. His images of the coast, the South Downs and the area’s working life pioneered the practice of painting from life in the open air, later adopted by the Impressionists."

The paintings are on loan from the British Museum, the Courtauld Gallery, the National Gallery, the Royal Academy, Tate, V&A, the National Portrait Gallery, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Norwich Castle Museum and private lenders.

It is supported by the Royal Pavilion and Museums Foundation and the Barleycorn Trust.