1911
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Landscape with hills under snow and a lake is a 1911 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour shows a quiet winter scene—snowy hills and a calm lake. It comes from a series Potter drew in the early 1900s around her farm in the Lake District. She often painted the same view in different seasons, and snow made the hills look even grander to her. Potter knew the land well. She bought Hill Top farm in 1905 and spent years sketching its changing light and weather. Check out more of her landscape studies at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A study by Beatrix Potter depicts a snowy landscape featuring a portion of a lake in the lower left foreground and distant hills blanketed in snow. The scene likely represents a view of Esthwaite Water in the Lake District, where Potter owned a farm. The work may have been created during the winters of 1909, 1910, or 1913, when she frequently sketched the region under snow. It was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Linder Bequest in 1973.
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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