1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Lock at the junction of the River Brent with the Grand Union Canal is a 1940 watercolor by Archibald Standish Hartrick, a Impressionism work, depicting Seine, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a river meeting a canal, with a boat pulled up on the shore. The brushstrokes are loose and quick, mixing earthy browns, greens, and blues. Trees line the banks, and a few people stand near the water’s edge. The boat looks like it’s used for fishing—maybe a *seine* net is nearby. The artist focused on light and shadow to give the scene depth. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this kind of sketch.
A watercolour by Archibald Standish Hartrick from 1940, this work depicts a lock where the River Brent meets the Grand Union Canal as part of the Recording Britain project. Created during the Second World War under a scheme organized by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime, the project aimed to document Britain’s landscape and national identity amid wartime threats and landscape changes. The collection, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark, included topographical scenes such as rivers, rural areas, and historic sites, with Hartrick’s work…
Read the full account in the museum source.
Archibald Standish Hartrick (7 August 1864 – 1 February 1950) was a Scottish painter known for the quality of his lithographic work.
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
