A guide to Constable's 'Hay Wain' | National Gallery
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- What made John Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’ so radical for its time?
Vivmar Curatorial Fellow Emily Burns explains Constable’s groundbreaking use of colour and skilled composition, and how he set about painting this masterpiece in only 5 months.
The view in the painting is of the millpond at Flatford on the River Stour. Flatford Mill was a watermill for grinding corn, operated by the Constable family for nearly a hundred years. It still survives and is about a mile from Constable’s birthplace at East Bergholt, Suffolk. The house on the left also survives; in Constable’s time it was occupied by tenant farmer Willy Lott.
The title, The Hay Wain, refers to the wooden wagon (wain) used for transporting cut and dried meadow grass (hay). The empty wagon is making its way through the shallow water to cross to the meadow on the other side where haymakers are at work.
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Sir Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of Lieutenant General the Hon. Charles Stewart, later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854)
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Fighting Temeraire
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Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk')
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Adriaen Corte, Still Life with a Bowl of Strawberries, a Spray of Gooseberries, Asparagus and a Plum
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Nicolas Maes, A Woman scraping Parsnips, with a Child standing by her
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Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Woman inspired by Lucretia
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Luca Giordano, Perseus turning Phineas and his Followers to Stone
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I grew up with "The Hay Wain" we had a copy hanging in our living room and it always fascinated me as a youngster because i was (and still am) very fond of the countryside. John Constable i salute you sir!🙏
The presenter’s enthusiasm is lovely! She got me excited about its reception in France, too. Thank you for sharing this painting.
I can’t ‘unsee’ the barrel now. Seems so obvious!
That is my favourite painting in NG. I could not detach myself from it.
This is one of my favorite paintings… He is one of my favorite painters… it would be so cool to see that in person
Fascinating insight. Thank you.
Constable’s works must be seen in person to be fully appreciated. He was an absolute genius.
Great presentation!
Short but to the point and informative. More like this please.
Thanks so much for opening up the brilliance of Constable's landscape. Merry Christmas!
To Suffolk I Must Go
by Ramnath Subramanian
So real, I can feel the water jump
As wheels traverse this stream;
No rustic mood can ever trump
The magic in this dream.
I’d love to stand before this land
Where Constable did roam;
Where paint and brush did understand
How nature made her home.
And so to Suffolk I must go
And catch a glimpse of Stour;
And ride a wagon, get to know
The meaning of that hour
When light adorned with silver play
The water’s prosody,
And all around the evening lay
In whispered majesty.
I hope you got to go to Suffolk!
Very jolly to have a talk of some of our best works of art...lovely..
She was very thorough. I see this iconic piece differently now.
Inspiring, informative a very enjoyable talk by Dr Emily Burns. Direct to the point. I will visit the National Gallery to enjoy Way Wain and other landscape paintings. Please more of these lovely presentations. Many thanks to Dr Emily Burns and the National Gallery.
Excellent talk, inspiring delivery.
Thanks, Emily.
So interesting. Thank you!
Thank you for such detailed insight ! I love this painting a lot. Hope to visit National Gallery soon 🙌🏻
So informative and enjoyable. Just perfect! Please make more like this.
Great summary of this wonderful and important painting... 👏👏👏
We had a copy of this on the wall when I was a girl in the 70s, and my brother thought it was the original. Daft bugger. 😁
But I'll bet he enjoyed it just as much.
Great content.
What a wonderful Video to end 2019 !!! Dr Emily Burns's dissertation was brief and to the point, she shared the most relevant information about one of the Treasures in your collection.
I thank you both Emily Burns and the National Gallery.
Wishing you the very best in 2020 and thanks for all that you have shared with us throughout 2019 !!!
Superb. Merci beaucoup.
I love the presentation your British accent and you.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Merry Christmas to all the staff at the Museum!
Oh yes, I did enjoy it very much!---and wishing one day to be in front of that relaxing and perfect painting. Thanks for those enjoyable 7:50 minutes! Happy Christmas to you :-)
Great video, thank you for sharing this :)
Thanks!
The best art. 👌👍❤
Amazon ur presentation 👌
Very nice information mem,,,
Great!
I'm not so sure about that frame, y'know. Big unit. The Painting is immense
Great presentation on the painting but I wish the camera can be zoomed in a bit more to show more specific areas of the painting rather than an overview.
this video was much better than those other 2.
Very nice.
I think British paintings are somehow under rated.
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