The Hay Wain
Artist: John Constable
Year Composed: 1821
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: United Kingdom
Floor Found in Château: Second Floor
Year Composed: 1821
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: United Kingdom
Floor Found in Château: Second Floor
About the Artwork
Currently residing in the National Gallery (London, United Kingdom), The Hay Wain is considered to be John Constable's most famous work of art. Composed in 1821, the painting is comparable to the Golden Age paintings of Dutch artist Jacob van Ruisdael. Constable integrates feeling, tone, and emotion within his atmosphere to captivate viewers as they view the scene of the Suffolk landscape. The wain (which is a large wagon used on farms to haul goods) can be seen carrying hay and wood by horse across the shallow body of water. Constable focuses on the daily life of British laborers and families during the early 19th Century (or the early 1800s).
About the Artist
Suffolk-born painter John Constable was best known for his British landscape paintings. Comparable to the eccentric and active atmospheres of Dutch master Jacob van Ruisdael, Constable's paintings show emotional and active skies that add to the drama of the landscape scenes. This can be seen within his Dedham Vale (1802), The Hay Wain (1821), and his Wivenhoe Park (1816). Also relatable to that of van Ruisdael, the atmospheric depictions by Constable helped lead to create a visual reference for some of the first meteorological guides in identifying clouds.
About the Movement
The Hay Wain was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Currently residing in the National Gallery (London, United Kingdom), The Hay Wain is considered to be John Constable's most famous work of art. Composed in 1821, the painting is comparable to the Golden Age paintings of Dutch artist Jacob van Ruisdael. Constable integrates feeling, tone, and emotion within his atmosphere to captivate viewers as they view the scene of the Suffolk landscape. The wain (which is a large wagon used on farms to haul goods) can be seen carrying hay and wood by horse across the shallow body of water. Constable focuses on the daily life of British laborers and families during the early 19th Century (or the early 1800s).
About the Artist
Suffolk-born painter John Constable was best known for his British landscape paintings. Comparable to the eccentric and active atmospheres of Dutch master Jacob van Ruisdael, Constable's paintings show emotional and active skies that add to the drama of the landscape scenes. This can be seen within his Dedham Vale (1802), The Hay Wain (1821), and his Wivenhoe Park (1816). Also relatable to that of van Ruisdael, the atmospheric depictions by Constable helped lead to create a visual reference for some of the first meteorological guides in identifying clouds.
About the Movement
The Hay Wain was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: National Gallery, London, United Kingdom