Turner and Constable's Rivalry Revisited at Tate Britain's Fire and Water Exhibition

Tate Britain in London is hosting 'Fire and Water,' an exhibition that reunites two iconic paintings by John Constable and J.M.W. Turner for the first time since their original display at the Royal Academy in 1831. The show centers on the legendary rivalry between the two English landscape painters, sparked by a dispute over the placement of their works at the 1831 Royal Academy exhibition. Constable's 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows' and Turner's 'Caligula's Palace and Bridge' are displayed side by side, recreating their original arrangement. The exhibition also features critical texts, reviews, and articles related to the two works. 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows' was acquired in 2013 by a consortium including Tate, the National Gallery of Wales, the National Gallery of Scotland, and local museums in Colchester, Ipswich, and Salisbury, after fears it would leave England. The painting toured Britain and arrived at Tate Britain on May 26, 2018. The exhibition runs until July 31, 2018.