Old Monastery Doorway, now the entrance to Quenington Court, Quenington
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Old Monastery Doorway, now the entrance to Quenington Court, Quenington is a 1940 watercolor by Bissill, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour painting shows an old monastery doorway, now the entrance to Quenington Court, Quenington. The doorway is arched and has a stone wall on either side. A tree is visible on the right side of the doorway. The painting is done in muted colours, with the stone wall and doorway depicted in shades of grey and brown. The tree is shown in bare branches, suggesting that the painting was done in winter. The overall effect is one of quietness and stillness. The painting is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. If you're interested in learning more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, you could look up more information on this technique.
A watercolour painting signed by Bissill depicts an off-centre view of an arched entrance in the thick walls of a building at Quenington Court in Gloucestershire. A small pointed-arch door is set into the wall on the left side, and the interior of the house is partially visible through the entrance. The work is part of the 'Recording Britain' collection, a topographical project initiated in 1940 by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime under the Ministry of Labour and National Service. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust, the scheme employed artists to document buildings and…
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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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