Flatford Mill from a Lock on the Stour
1811
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1811
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Flatford Mill from a Lock on the Stour is a 1811 oil by John Constable, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This quiet oil painting shows a flat landscape with a water mill. It’s a study Constable made before the bigger work shown in 1812. He left out one small figure, a man at the lock gates, when he finished the final piece. Later he wrote that the riverbanks felt tied to his own boyhood memories. Look next at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
