Double Dovecot, Williamstrip, Coln St. Aldwyn
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Double Dovecot, Williamstrip, Coln St. Aldwyn is a 1940 watercolor by Bissill, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet scene of old stone buildings with sloped roofs and small windows. A person walks in the foreground, carrying something over their shoulder. Leafless trees stand in the background, their branches crisscrossing the sky. The artist focused on simple shapes and muted colors, giving the scene a calm, everyday feel. The buildings look weathered, with some parts crumbling or missing. Next, look up Bissill to see more of their work.
This watercolour depicts a Gloucestershire farm building with two dovecots under pyramidal, turreted roofs, connected by an open shed that forms part of a farmyard. A man in a flat cap and a fowl appear in the yard, while bare winter trees with dark, sinuous branches frame the scene beneath a grey sky. The muted palette of browns and blues, combined with the luminous stone buildings, evokes a twilight or moonlight effect. The work was created as part of the *Recording Britain* project, which employed artists to document Britain’s landscape and architecture during the Second World War.
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This artist created watercolors of English villages around 1940. They painted Quenington Village, The Village Way in Winson, Lechlade, The River Coln at Bibury, and Old Cottage in Ibthorpe. Close your eyes and picture…
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