About Turner and Constable

The current Tate exhibition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the births of Turner and Constable and their intertwined lives and legacies is the subject of this new documentary from Exhibition on Screen.

Two two painters, who were also the greatest of rivals, were born within a year of each other and they both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

Turner's blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable's idealised depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm.

Constable represents the very best of the old school of realism and pastoral nostalgia; Turner, an exciting new way of depicting emotion and dreamlike impressions. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of 'fire and water'.

An excellent opportunity to see these great artists side-by-side, as they often were in life, on the big screen for the first time.