The Lock 1824

johnconstable

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

tree

abstract painting

impressionist painting style

waterfall

river

impressionist landscape

possibly oil pastel

oil painting

acrylic on canvas

forest

underpainting

water

painting painterly

watercolour illustration

watercolor

"The Lock" (1824), by English Romantic painter John Constable (1776-1837), depicts a lock on a canal in the English countryside. The painting captures the beauty of the natural world and the labor of the working class, two recurring themes in Constable’s work. The composition is dominated by the lock itself, which is set in the foreground and depicted in a state of transition. The painting is currently held by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain.