John Constable: The radical landscape of The Hay Wain | National Gallery
Watch Colin Wiggins give an in-depth talk on John Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’, one of the best known paintings in the history of British art. Find out how radical Constable’s approach was at the time of creating this extraordinary work, and how he would go on to influence the course of modern art, from Delacroix’s painting technique, to the landscapes of the Impressionists, like Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro.
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