Bridge over the Blackwater at Coggeshall
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Bridge over the Blackwater at Coggeshall is a 1940 watercolor by Walter Bayes, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting is called Bridge over the Blackwater at Coggeshall. It's a watercolour work by Walter Bayes. Walter Bayes didn't often paint pastoral scenes, but this one is an exception. The scene shows a couple on the river bank, which can be seen as a modern take on traditional rustic genre painting. You can learn more about the artist who created this piece by looking up Bayes, Walter.
A watercolour by Walter Bayes from 1940 depicts the River Blackwater flowing past Coggeshall, showing a low bridge over the river and a meadow beside it. A man stands on the bridge parapet observing a couple reclining in the grass, while two calves stand at the water’s edge. The scene remains largely unchanged today. Signed by the artist, the work was part of the Recording Britain project, which employed artists to document Britain’s home front during the Second World War.
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Walter John Bayes was an English painter and illustrator who was a founder member of both the Camden Town Group and the London Group and also a renowned art teacher and critic.
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