(Constable: A Country Rebel)

Content: The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a revolutionary painting, but in this film, made in conjunction with a landmark exhibition at the V&A, Alastair Sooke discovers that Constable was painting in a way that was completely new and groundbreaking at the time. Through experimentation and innovation, he managed to make a sublime art from humble things and, though he struggled in his own country during his lifetime, his genius was surprisingly widely admired in France.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

58 minutes

Year:

2014

Directors:

Spike Geilinger

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Production companies:

BBC Four

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