The Lock

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The Lock is a celebrated 1824 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting rural life along the River Stour with dramatic naturalistic detail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape painting
painting
appliesToPart canvas support
artForm easel painting
basedOn River Stour landscape between Suffolk and Essex
colorPalette dramatic sky tones
earth tones
greens and browns of countryside
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator John Constable
depicts River Stour
barge
cloudy sky
horse
lock-keeper operating a lock
rural life
depictsLocation Suffolk-Essex border region
describedBySource art historical literature on John Constable
exhibitedAt Royal Academy of Arts, London
follows The Hay Wain
genre Romanticism
rural landscape painting
hasArtisticTheme English rural life
man’s relationship with nature
working countryside
hasCollectionHistory sold at auction multiple times
hasCulturalSignificance iconic image of English rural landscape
hasQuality atmospheric effects
dramatic lighting
naturalistic detail
hasStyle Romantic landscape
naturalism
hasTitle Constable’s The Lock
The Lock
inception 1824
influencedBy Dutch landscape painting
languageOfWorkOrName English
location Private collection
mainSubject working rural landscape
materialUsed oil paint
movement English Romanticism
linked to: Romanticism
notableWorkOf John Constable
partOfSeries Constable’s Stour River scenes
publicationDate 1824
significantEvent achieved high prices at major art auctions
significantFigure lock-keeper
significantPlace River Stour, England
linked to: River Stour

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