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Snowy landscape with trees, by Beatrix Potter, watercolor, 3

Snowy landscape with trees

Beatrix Potter

3

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Snowy landscape with trees is a 3 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, depicting Snow, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Beatrix Potter
When & what style?
3 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

Potter painted this watercolor of snow-dusted hills in 1909 while staying near her farm in the Lake District. She made many quick sketches outdoors, even in winter weather. The loose brushwork shows the soft quiet of a snowy day. It’s one of several similar studies she did that March, all now kept together in the Linder Bequest. Check out more of her landscape drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour study by Beatrix Potter, dated 3 March 1909, depicts a snowy landscape with snow-covered hills and leafless winter trees. The work was made while Potter was staying at Hill Top in Near Sawrey, likely representing a nearby view. It is part of the Linder Bequest, which includes numerous Lakeland landscape studies from this period. The drawing was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of this bequest.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Portrait of Beatrix Potter
Artist

Beatrix Potter

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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