Masts
1936
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1936
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Masts is a 1936 watercolor by Rhoda Bickerdike, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Masts is a watercolour painting by Rhoda Bickerdike. It was created in 1936. Rhoda Bickerdike traveled to Newfoundland, where she worked as a missionary and made paintings. She wrote about her time in St. John's, including a description of the 'Terra Nova', a ship that had been converted into a sealer. You can learn more about the artist who created this painting by looking up Bickerdike, Rhoda.
The watercolour depicts the harbour of St. John's, Newfoundland, with the converted sealing ship *Terra Nova*—once used by Captain Scott in the Antarctic—prominently positioned in the foreground alongside other vessels.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Rhoda Bickerdike painted scenes of Newfoundland life in the 1930s and 40s, using watercolor to capture local harbors, fishing communities, and everyday routines.
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