1801
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Great Oak Tree is a 1801 chalk by John Constable, a Romanticism work, depicting Broad-leaved Tree, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a sketch of a huge oak tree. Its thick trunk splits into gnarled branches. The leaves look soft, like cotton. Dark chalk traces the edges, then gray wash fills the trunk and ground. John Constable did this in 1801. He sat outside for hours. This isn’t a finished painting. It’s a quick study of light and bark. Look up Constable, John next.
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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