A guide to Constable's 'Hay Wain' | National Gallery

[@peterlubbers5947]

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!🙏

[@linfordrenno7651]

This is one of my favorite paintings… He is one of my favorite painters… it would be so cool to see that in person

[@Harnas31]

That is my favourite painting in NG. I could not detach myself from it.

[@vanessainnes-wagstaff7511]

Very jolly to have a talk of some of our best works of art...lovely..

[@My_Work_Here_is_Done..]

I can’t ‘unsee’ the barrel now. Seems so obvious!

[@lucy-annpope5650]

Fascinating insight. Thank you. Constable’s works must be seen in person to be fully appreciated. He was an absolute genius.

[@ahmedal-hamdi8413]

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.

[@booksinbed]

The presenter’s enthusiasm is lovely! She got me excited about its reception in France, too. Thank you for sharing this painting.

[@dhirajc.makwanabhai507]

The best art. 👌👍❤

[@bethjohnson5350]

Thanks so much for opening up the brilliance of Constable's landscape. Merry Christmas!

[@geoffreykeane4072]

Great presentation! Short but to the point and informative. More like this please.

[@brucebarratt99]

So interesting. Thank you!

[@annanikki.Languages]

Thank you, this talk was great)

[@ant7936]

Excellent talk, inspiring delivery. Thanks, Emily.

[@devrajbairwa4655]

Very nice information mem,,,

[@birgitlundemjakobsen8340]

So informative and enjoyable. Just perfect! Please make more like this.

[@nicolettapolese4554]

Great!

[@piedwagtailrameau]

Great summary of this wonderful and important painting... 👏👏👏

[@MrPoetSpeak]

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.

[@nalinigsankar3072]

I hope you got to go to Suffolk!

[@meggallucci5300]

She was very thorough. I see this iconic piece differently now.

[@liubov7272]

Thank you for such detailed insight ! I love this painting a lot. Hope to visit National Gallery soon 🙌🏻

[@inessamaria2428]

Great content.

[@MiaFeigelsonGallery]

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 !!!

[@salamander981]

Superb. Merci beaucoup.

[@vlisdero]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Merry Christmas to all the staff at the Museum!

[@kolias33]

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 :-)

[@MaggieTheCat01]

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. 😁

[@ant7936]

But I'll bet he enjoyed it just as much.

[@billwindsor4224]

@MaggieTheCat01 Excellent 😂😂

[@nayeemfathima6567]

Amazon ur presentation 👌

[@LuisBuenoGeraldo]

Great video, thank you for sharing this :)

[@mux2007ch]

Thanks!

[@jontalbot1]

A few points. Constable composed his paintings- they are not exact replications of the real world. Following the Dutch masters he did not see people in the landscape as representing classical figures but as integral to the whole. He painted man not as the master or servant of nature but as one if it’s components. Where he took a step forward was a genuine and accurate interest in the natural world. This why he was interested in clouds; he was the first artist to see trees as of interest in their own right and just imagined elements in a composition. This interest extended to light- not just picking out how we see things ( such as the water surface) but there is a luminosity about his painting you do not appreciate until the work is in front of you. To me he is the greatest of all landscape painters because of his ability to transform something seemingly mundane into images which connect with so many people. Finally, if you like Constable but don’t know much about him, many works are in the National Gallery and there is also a good collection at Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich. You can visit Flatford Mill, Willy Lott’s cottage, the river Stour etc and it is largely unchanged from his day.

[@victorferr1]

I love the presentation your British accent and you.

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

this video was much better than those other 2.

[@RichMitch]

I'm not so sure about that frame, y'know. Big unit. The Painting is immense

[@tianx9275]

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.

[@S.H.221b]

Very nice. I think British paintings are somehow under rated.

[@dand_a_n]

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