1894
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Four rabbits in the snow is a 1894 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted Four rabbits in the snow around the 1890s. She used watercolours and worked in the style of Impressionism and Realism. This scene shows rabbits in a winter setting. The artist made this painting years before her famous Peter Rabbit books. She started selling rabbit pictures as Christmas cards to raise money for a printing press. Look next at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Watercolour depicting four rabbits in a snowy setting. Three rabbits on the right include one in a blue jacket carrying faggots, another in a green jacket pushing a log, and a third nearby. On the left, a rabbit in a red jacket pulls a sledge toward the others. The composition includes corner indications suggesting intended design boundaries.
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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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