Constable: A Country Rebel
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
Cast
Alastair Sooke
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Sep 7, 2014
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studios
- BBC Four
- Director
- Spike Geilinger