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Friday, November 7, 2014

The Hay Wain, painting by John Constable (1821)


John Constable painted a quiet, slow-moving scene that represents England as Constable imagined it had been for centuries comfortable, rural and idyllic. The hay wain has the fresh color and sense of visual exactitude that persuades viewers to believe that it must have been painted directly from nature, even the carefully rendered and meteorologically correct details of the sky seem natural. The painting is, however, deeply nostalgic, harking back to an agrarian past that was fast disappearing in industrializing England.
 

Name
The Hay  Wain
Type
Painting, Oil on canvas
Author
John Constable
Year
1821
Location
 National Gallery, London,England 

 

 


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