John Constable: The radical landscape of The Hay Wain | National Gallery
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- 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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This is a man who loves and appreciates art. Speaking without pause, no notes, no umms, just speaking about what he loves. Could listen for hours.
It is indeed a talent to be able to speak with such fluidity and expression. I would surmise that he is a teacher/professor.
So True 💯
"Ums" are just a technical speaking habit that can be overcome. It has nothing to do with expertise and being passionate for art. Even the most well spoken people say "um" at times in public speaking.
He says 'umm' at 3:07. A quality 'umm' though.
I’m from the USA. I remember learning about it in art history class in university. It was a big lecture, all about this painting. I did not understand what the big deal was about this painting. It was just something projected on a screen, or the three inch picture, printed on my textbook. Then, years later, I visited The National Gallery. It was right there. Then, seeing it in real life, I understood! It’s wonderful!
@Vickie Snow - I had the same experience with "Guernica" at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City. In my college art history course, it was only measured a few inches in the textbook and looked like a cartoon. But when I got off the museum elevator and turned left - it gobsmacked me right in the face! It is enormous (11-1/2 ft × 25-1/2 ft) and is so very moving that I cried from the agony it portrayed.
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Another time, while at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) in NYC, by the time I got to the European paintings, I was exhausted and faced a long galley line of them. "Yeah" , "Yeah", "Yeah" , "Yeah"... until I got to the portrait of "Juan de Pareja" by Diego Velasquez and stopped in my tracks. It is breathtaking portrait. The man is looking right at you, engaging with eyes that sparkle, caught mid-blink. His skin looks warm to the touch. He is practically breathing. The intricate lace on his collar is rendered economically with some dashes of paint. He looks like somebody I would like to have dinner with. The next time I visited, it was in a room set apart along with other Spanish masters, mounted in the center of a wall with color keyed off the background of the portrait and the only benches were set in front of that painting. I was not the only one to have been swept away by this masterpiece above masterpieces!
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The moral of the story is that photographic images of artworks are never enough. Those teensy textbook images are only a tiny small taste of the real thing. Whenever possible, go see art for yourself with your own eyes and breathe it in.
This is the best lecture on Constable, and indeed English painting, ever !!
I Have This Same One
Totally agree
I am American and this is my first introduction to this painting. Stunning and beautiful piece of work. I agree that there is nothing like standing in front of the real thing. We have all seen photos and copies of Albrecht Durer's Great Piece of Turf, but when I saw it at a museum in DC, it almost brought me to my knees.
One of my all-time favorite masterpieces. Whenever I've seen any of Constable's works in person, I was amazed at the earthy quality it exudes. You can almost feel the dirt under your feet while in the gallery, and may be tempted to put on a raincoat to keep from being soaked by the moisture in his skies.
So true!
Close your eyes - you can smell it!
Really enjoyed the humour and knowledge of this curator. Fresh insights into a painting I thought I knew.
Couldn't agree more...does anyone know his name or any other video he is appearing in? Thank you.
@@Design_Galore Colin Wiggins. There’s a description under the title of this video.
To each his own....
You knew it as soon as you looked at it properly. All the rest is just tax-funded academia's practice of crushing rocks for a living, as per it serves no practical purpose. Painting is not an intellectual pursuit. It's about creating an aesthetic form, and it is its own language. You understand paintings when you immerse yourself in this language. Everything is on the canvas. You don't even need to know who the artist was. You decide if you like it. It's just you will not see it all at once. Paintings have layers of meaning, especially the older ones, like the Renaissance period.
@@Andrew-rc3vh well thanks for the lecture.
Before learning from Wiggins on Constable's 'The Hay Wain,' I took for granted, then radical, display of fresh green fields and lush woodlands, so prevalent in impressionism later. Now I am transformed to learn more about English painters who are influential in the onset of modern art. Thank you so much for this video. I am indebted forever.
@as tt - If you are still around, the Constable is gorgeous, no doubt, but ignore what this man says about Turner. Turner was an impressionist 50 years before there were Impressionists.
My love and gratitude for the National Gallery for putting these talks onlin!
Art appreciation at its best, both informative and entertaining.
I cannot remember in recent years ever enjoying a lecture more. Few people know how to combine wit and intellect, -- with an undercurrent of humor -- as Colin Wiggins does. Thank you for this wonderful presentation. I am sure I will revisit this talk.
Quickest 31 minutes I have experienced. Just loved this man's in depth presentation. Thank you so very much.
Thank you for watching, Steven!
Brilliant! So refreshing to hear someone who knows what they are talking about, share their opinion while also providing great insight into this work of art. Thank you -- loved this video.
Absolutely beautiful painting!
I didn’t know it was that big.
I really enjoyed the speaker. He was funny, well-spoken, and brought life to the artwork. Thanks for this video!
What an amazing and delightful hour it has been .. spending time with this wonderful curator! So much knowledge with so much humor! I have to to now check out all his videos!
👏👏👏👍Great speaker. Seeing Constable in new light and what a smart reply by the artist "I don't see any finish in nature..."
Wonderful. A really great job talking about a picture and an artist and the time he lived in. Covers a lot in 30 minutes and in a very entertaining way
Glad he was, at the end, joking about Turner. Appreciate The Hay Wain more because of this great talk. I just walked past it. Sat in front of The Fighting Temeraire for over two hours.
OMG My mother had this picture behind her sofa in her room. I loved it. I used to imagine myself playing by the house and the clouds ☁️ are just beautiful and so real. I just loved your comments 👍👍🏠❤️
Colin Wiggins is the best curator of the National Gallery. I really enjoy his lectures.
This guy is really emotional about … Turner. Cracks me up.
Love how he explained this. I don’t have a clue about art but I understood this
Excellent talk, so informative and full of wit. Thank you for making this available to the public!
I thoroughly enjoyed this narrator, with his genuine, unabashed favoritism of Constable's art! Very un-pc, personally opinionated , but oh so capable of describing and demonstrating Constable's genius! Fun, clever and definitely brilliant! More! Please!!
How marvelous it is when you are able to hear a person speaking as passionate as the curator does on this video 👏👏👏👏👏 could you make a video like this in the future about "old man sitting in a chair" I am deplee in love of the old man sitting in a chair that painting has taught me how to enjoy art
Thank you. An excellent, informative, entertaining talk on Constable and The Hay Wain.
Italian here, I confess I learned about this painting just recently, bit worried about my UK visa at the moment. Loved all the humor in this speech, thanks for that!
Thank you for these interesting and enjoyable talks. For the sake of feedback, I would love more picture and less wall. More details, for longer moments would also be enriching.
Really enjoyed this. I’ve visited the site of the Haywain, out of season, and in the rain!
Colin Wiggins is an eloquent and fantastic guide. Thank you for sharing with all art lovers around the world.
My goodness. this is so engagin. What a brilliant presenter. Brings it all down to earth.
i adored this picture of constable from the 1st second i saw it in london! it is pure POETRY!!!! turner it is great but not comparable. this constable and rubens war an peace made my heart beat faster. thank you GOD for letting us see all the jewels in big museums of the world, this is one of lifes pleasures
Wow wonderful talk! I can feel he loves Constable's work as much as Constable loves nature. It opens my eyes in many ways how English landscape has changed. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and passion.
Thank you so much from St.Petersbourg,Russia
Yes.. thanks.. but YOU have the Hermitage......lucky you.....
Enlightening - and love the humor. Thankyou.
I lived near Dedham and Flatford and one thing that never ceased to amaze me was when you drove past on the A12 going south and looked left, you were looking at scenes from Constable paintings.
One of the best talks on this channel. Thank you so much.
Colin Wiggins should have his own TV show. He's brilliant
Thank you some much, can't wait to Visit!
Absolutely lovely insight into the painting and into the artist who created it. I wish I had been there. Thank you National Gallery for sharing this wonderful content with the world.
This was so entertaining and educational. I enjoyed this immensely !
This guy's hilariously, miserably, charmingly British!! Love him!! Great insights with some healthy Turner bashing 😂
Well, I'm surprised Turner was more popular than Constable! I'm more familiar w/Constable even though I'm not well-versed in art but still, Turner's work wasn't enough to ever capture my interest and I feel I better go educate myself now.😊🎨🖼
Beautiful presentation. Thank you.❤
The Green pastures with the shaded home. A river flowing through the middle. A very subtle benchmark painting.
For me, when I first saw it in the flesh, it literally took my breath away! Just loved it!
Fantastic lecture! I really enjoyed every minute!
Fabulous talk! Thank you, Mr. Wiggins. I love your humorous delivery! You are a marvellous teacher. G Ire
Beautiful!
What a wonderful, intelligent and enjoyable talk!
That was a great little lecture.
In nova days you will barely meet someone else who understand Painting on the same level as, for example, Constable had been painting. Really, thank you, Dear Colin!
I have never seen this painting before, but I can say I was very awestruck by it.
Brilliant! If i'd had a teacher like that when i was a kid, i might have actually enjoyed going to school.
Superb documentary! Colin Wiggins radical approach in detailing famous artists ~ Brilliant!
A treat...both for eyes and ears...and offcourse the mind...thank you...just loved it
Why all the hate for Turner? He was a great artist, and naming The Fighting Temeraire a tea-tray painting is just doing to Turner the same thing that others do to Constable. How can one hate or disregard any of these two great artists? And just a passing remark, Turner’s sketchbooks and watercolours alone are a testament to his genius.
And did you notice that at about 10:15 he substitutes Turner's name for Constable's? Interesting slip. (In the subtitles, they switch it back to Constable -- also interesting.)
Monica Alexandru I agree, I like them both. Apples and oranges. I think Turner was really the first Impressionist.
He mames it clear that he was joking about Turner
Why is people nowadays unable accepting differing opinions as opinions, and not HATE?!
Get a grip and grow up, snowflake!
Intellect and wit. Thank you Mr. Wiggins.
Thank you brilliant lecture!
Really enjoy The knowledge of the meaning of great paintings, the painters history & the meaning of great art
What a wonderful delightful talk! Thank you
I really enjoyed all of the information. You conveyyour feelings so well. I am instantly transported to the time period. When people saw both Costible and Turners work in the same time. People viewed them differently. Paintings are meant to be viewed standing back as you expressed so vibrantly and with real conviction. I am going to Post this Video on my Facebook. For my friends and family. It's good to know our history. You indeed are knowledgeable. God Bless You and yours. Thank you for the quality video.
Love this guy. Great presentation.
Beautiful presentation by a knowledgeable man. Thanks much!
Thank you so much, I truly enjoyed this.
Superb lecture!
This was so thoughtful and knowledgeable. It really brought together history, insight and analysis.
I have always appreciated this painting beyond it's superficial ubiquity. Love the way Colin dealt with the cultural context here. And so refreshing to come across a negative opinion of Turner; I thought it was just me who hated that!
His knowledge of Art is amazing. So I learn from this what is the great paintings inside of each great art Of paintings
Amazing!! Love his passion!
Amazing talk, thank you! ❤️
Fascinating… lecture, work, and all.
Awesome presentation! Thank you!
Erudite, informative and precisely the right amount of flamboyance in the flawless delivery…
Well done & thank you once again 😀
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a brilliant and funny talk…¡ I love this guy.
Such a great lecture!
The first time I ever saw The Hay Wain was when I was in high school. I had a friend who wanted to be an artist, and he was making a copy of it. His copy was the first time I saw it. He died young, unfortunately, because his copy was very, very good.
Yes my parents had a print of the Hay Wain. Hopefully I will be able to visit it in 2021.
I Love Constable...Wonderfully entertaining expose{as in frrench}! Thank you so much.
Очень обаятельный и интеллигентный человек😊 рассказывает легко, с юмором и хорошим словарным запасом 👍🏻
Многие лектора хорошо рассказывают, и они выполняют свою работу, но этот мужчина определённо очень талантливый
Colin Wiggins is very very good. He gets this spot on about Constable. For myself I had always thought of Turner as the greater artist, given his greater range, the way his art changed and matured as he aged, the drama of his art, and always thought of Constable as a bit of a plodder. Maybe it's an age thing, but recently I've come to believe that Constable, in fact, was the greater...and that's because there is no single Turner picture that even approaches the majesty and forensic honesty of the Hay Wain. When you stand before the actual picture it's immediately apparent that this picture will stand comparison with some of the greatest paintings in Western Art....period. It has that indefinable, inexplicable quality that I've seen in Van Gogh, and other giants. Austen Pinkerton.
great talk
Great presentation
@ Turner: To get the whole story, you have to watch to the end! You'll find it worth your while! 😉 What a pleasure to watch!
Brilliant. Funny and informative
Respect sir my creative colleague
Exceptional presentation.
Wonderful and impressive presentation.. thanks for that
I couldn't stop thinking though.. Turner is one of the greatest ever, leagues above Constable....
Just lovvvve this presentation oh so much. 👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed learning more about Constable but I’m glad he gave Turner a fair nod at the end. Turner did his fair share of schlocky stuff (all those ‘historical’ paintings don’t age so well when everyone isn’t reading the same classical literature) but later in his life he went ahead and did whatever he wanted. Constable’s skies are beautiful though.
Really interesting and entertaining talk.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing
Marvelous
Grazie!
Colin is a brilliant speaker. I´ve learned a lot with these posts.
I´ve been thinking about my career, and I have noticed I got the wrong one. I should have studied Art History, unfortunetely my country is not a good place for this profession.
Come to my country beauty.. 🥰
You may study all the Art you wish for.. 🤗
Super! ♥️
I am a big fan of Constable.
Without being facetious Constable's oeuvre best illustrates the findings of Komar and Melamid's mid-ninties findings of public taste, "Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid's scientific guide to art". One of the reasons I am "drawn" to Constable.
nice video. i would like to hear more about the technics the painters used.
I have seen Constable Hay wain since very young on biscuit tins. From Birth.
I enjoyed that.Hay wain!!!
I went to pick up a load of Hay this morning,
Sun shining on the Sunset Bench behind the
place where the Hay was loading......
The presentation of this Painting in 1841
seemed to be similar to the rain that fell
on my load of hay, seemed similar
to the Afghan conflicts that continue to
rain on the Hay, to this very Day.....
I have been there, and it is exactly like the painting.
18.00 my daughter uses a similar technique in nursery school painting 🤣