Entrance to the Botanical Garden, Oxford, Oxfordshire
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Entrance to the Botanical Garden, Oxford, Oxfordshire is a 1940 watercolor by Walter Bayes, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor painting shows a car parked in front of a stone archway. The car is old-fashioned, with a rounded roof and a spare tire on the back. The archway is made of rough-hewn stones, with a large keystone at the top. To the left of the archway is a bushy tree, and to the right is a black metal gate. The background is a light yellow color, with some faint lines suggesting the presence of other buildings or trees. The painting is done in a realistic style, with careful attention to detail and texture. It's a nice example of how watercolor can be used to create a sense of atmosphere and mood. If you like this style, you might want to check out more works by Walter Bayes.
A watercolor depicting the High Street entrance to the Oxford Botanical Garden, featuring a heavily rusticated gate in the Italianate style. The only modern element in the composition is a single automobile. The work was produced in 1940 as part of the *Recording Britain* project, a wartime initiative commissioned by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime and funded by the Pilgrim Trust. Overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark, the scheme employed artists to document landscapes, buildings, and places across England, Wales, and Scotland to preserve a record of national identity during a…
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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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