John Constable: The Quiet Radical

Constable’s paintings may grace biscuit tins, but beneath their pastoral charm lies an artist of striking intensity — romantic, stubborn, fiercely committed to truth. His devotion to the English countryside, and his battles with the Royal Academy, shaped one of the great artistic rivalries of the era: Constable vs. Turner.

In this session we uncover the man behind the “quintessential English” façade — passionate, poetic and quietly revolutionary.