Film · Documentary
Constable: A Country Rebel (2014)
58 minDocumentary2014
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.
- Director
- Spike Geilinger
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 7, 2014
Cast
Alastair SookePresenter
