1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Cedars, the Sphinx and the spring in the Grounds of Chiswick House is a 1940 watercolor by Archibald Standish Hartrick, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet garden scene with bare trees and a stone sphinx near a low stone wall. The branches twist across the sky, and the ground is patchy with green grass and dry spots. A small spring bubbles up near the sphinx, and the whole scene looks a bit faded, like it’s seen many seasons. The artist focused on the shapes of the trees and the rough texture of the stone. The watercolor looks loose, almost sketchy, with light washes of color. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
This watercolour by Archibald Standish Hartrick depicts the grounds of Chiswick House, featuring the cedars, the Sphinx, and a spring, and was created in 1940 as part of the Recording Britain project. The project, initiated by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime and funded by the Pilgrim Trust, employed artists to document the British landscape during the Second World War, aiming to capture a sense of national identity and preserve scenes threatened by wartime changes. Directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, the initiative also sought to support artists and traditional British art…
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Archibald Standish Hartrick (7 August 1864 – 1 February 1950) was a Scottish painter known for the quality of his lithographic work.
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