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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Winter

Classic artworks given modern makeovers to highlight issues facing the world today

Classic artworks including John Constable's “The Haywain”, and L.S. Lowry's “Coming From The Mill”, have been given a modern makeover – to highlight some of the pressing problems facing the world today.

“The Haywain”, completed over 200 years ago, has been reimagined as if Constable had painted the picture in the summer of 2022, when Britain and Europe witnessed record temperatures.

The once-lush riverside scene is rendered barren, surrounded by scorched earth, in a new version which clearly warns of the dangers of global warming.

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