9
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Boar fish is a 9 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted *Boar Fish* in 1895 using watercolours. She often studied animals up close, and this marine study shows her sharp eye. It was done during a trip to Weymouth, where she spotted and painted the small red fish. The painting shows her skill in observing nature. Her journal notes the moment, calling it a “strange little red fish.” Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more of her work.
A sheet in landscape orientation features a detailed watercolor study of a Boar fish at its center, rendered in warm oranges and yellows with grey-blue highlights, alongside a reddish-orange depiction of the eye. A smaller line drawing of a sea anemone appears in the lower left corner. The work was created in Weymouth on 14 April 1895. It was later acquired by the V&A in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( BEE-ə-triks), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.
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