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    REVISITING A MASTERPIECE

    Feb 21, 2020 4 minutes

    We regularly spend several weeks a year teaching courses at Flatford Mill in Suffolk, yet neither of us has ever painted either the iconic view across the mill pond or Willy Lott’s House. It is a beautiful spot, and there is so much there that is inspirational, so what is holding us back?

    Flatford Mill is a quintessential English landscape, made famous by John Constable’s 1821 painting The Hay Wain. The mill was acquired by the National Trust in 1943 and each year thousands of people visit the John Constable – Flatford: Life, Work & Inspiration exhibition and wander through the landscapes he painted. is one of the best-known paintings in the history of British art. And therein lies the problem.

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