A major exhibition celebrating renowned landscape painters is set to open at London’s National Gallery, with a spotlight on John Constable’s iconic artwork, The Haywain. Created in 1821, this celebrated piece depicts a pastoral scene in Suffolk, featuring horses pulling a wooden wagon across a tranquil pond, surrounded by lush greenery and a charming farmhouse.
At the time of its creation, The Haywain was regarded as “radical,” but it gained significant acclaim after winning a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1824. The exhibition, titled Discover Constable and The Haywain, is part of the gallery’s bicentenary celebrations and will also showcase sketches made by Constable over a 20-year period while he developed the final painting.
Per Rumberg, the National Gallery’s head of curatorial work, describes Constable’s approach as “quietly radical.” He expressed his enthusiasm for hosting the exhibition, noting, “The Haywain is arguably Constable’s most famous and popular painting, and one of the highlights of the National Gallery’s collection. This exhibition allows us to contextualize it, celebrating its significance then, now, and its evolution over time.”
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