Artwork
Landscape in brown and black
Landscape in brown and black is a watercolor work on paper by the Contemporary Abstract artist Alan Reynolds. It dates from 1957 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This 1957 watercolour on white wove paper depicts a serene landscape scene.
About this work
Overview
This 1957 watercolour on white wove paper depicts a serene landscape scene.
Subject & Meaning
The painting features a desolate field with evenly spaced thin poles, rough terrain, and distant rounded hills under a pale sky, evoking a sense of stillness and isolation.
Technique & Style
Rendered primarily in brown, black, and soft gray tones, the work has a muted, subdued quality, achieved through the artist's restrained use of colour.
History & Provenance
Signed and dated in ink, the watercolour is a dated work by Alan Munro Reynolds.
Artist & collection
Artist
Alan Munro Reynolds (27 April 1926 – 28 August 2014) was a British painter. Reynolds was born on 27 April 1926 at Newmarket, Suffolk, where his father worked as a stableman. He studied at the Woolwich Polytechnic from…
