John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined

Dive into the world of John Constable! This private tour will reveal how he transformed traditional landscapes into stunning works of art.
About this Event

The Yale Alumni College (YACOL), in partnership with the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA), is inviting you to an exclusive, curator-led experience of the exhibition John Constable: Landscape Reimagined .Upon arrival at the YCBA galleries, you will be greeted by the exhibition’s curator, Dr. Edward Town, who serves as the Assistant Curator of Paintings and Sculpture. He will guide you through a private, insider tour of the collection, which will be followed later in the afternoon by a special luncheon featuring Ed Town as the guest of honor.

John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined explores Constable’s bold, innovative open-air paintings, which radically transformed the trajectory of European landscape painting. Working against the “picturesque” tradition, in which long-established conventions governed what landscape painting should look like, Constable made the skies, light, seasons, and atmosphere the central subjects of his art. Created outdoors and rooted in the direct observation of nature, his iconic pictures of the English landscape have shaped the image of Britain in the popular imagination. As the only major US exhibition to focus on the seminal British painter on the 250th anniversary of his birth, John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined offers a unique opportunity for American audiences to experience the breadth of the artist’s masterpieces.

Loyalists and Sons of Liberty: America 250

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence announced the thirteen American colonies’ intention to break from the British Empire. The story of the resulting war is often told as a clash between “patriots” who supported independence and “loyalists” who wished to remain British. The reality was far more complicated, with the conflict dividing communities and testing friendships on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

This tension is illustrated in this display, which taps into the YCBA’s rich collection to examine America’s battle for independence through the artists who documented the years leading up to and throughout the Revolutionary War.