The Hay Wain

John Constable's 'The Hay Wain' (1821) depicts a horse-drawn cart crossing a mill-stream beside Willy Lott's cottage on the River Stour in Suffolk — a scene from the heart of what became known as 'Constable Country'. The loose brushwork, the bright white flecks of scattered 'Constable snow' that catch the light on the water, and the vast sky that fills two-thirds of the composition would be decisive for French Romantic painting when the picture was shown in the 1824 Paris Salon. It has hung at the National Gallery in London since 1886.

Exhibition Venue

Tate Britain

London, United Kingdom

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