The Dome of Queen's College, Oxford
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Dome of Queen's College, Oxford is a 1940 watercolor by Walter Bayes, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a dome with a statue inside it. The dome is white and has columns around it. There's a flagpole with a flag on the right side. The background is a light gray color. The painting looks like it was done with watercolor. It's a bit sketchy, but you can see the details of the dome and the statue. The artist used different shades of gray and blue to show the light and shadow. If you like this painting, you might want to check out more works by the artist, Bayes, Walter.
This watercolour by Walter Bayes, signed and dated 1940, depicts the dome above the entrance archway of Queen’s College, Oxford. It was created as part of the "Recording Britain" project, a wartime initiative led by Sir Kenneth Clark to document Britain’s landscape and architecture amid fears of bomb damage and rapid change. The scheme employed artists to record buildings, rural scenes, and monuments, particularly in England, with a focus on preserving a sense of national identity. Over 1,500 works were produced by 97 artists between 1940 and 1943 under this program.
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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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