1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
House and Shop in Pool Valley, Brighton is a 1940 watercolor by Charles Knight, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour painting depicts a charming street scene in Pool Valley, Brighton. The central focus is a three-story house and shop, showcasing a black brick facade with white-framed windows and a brown roof. The surrounding buildings display a mix of red and yellow brickwork, while the sky above is a soft blue. In the foreground, a man walks down the street, adding a sense of life to the scene. The artist's use of watercolour creates a delicate, dreamy quality to the painting. To learn more about the artist behind this piece, explore the works of Charles Knight.
House and Shop in Pool Valley, Brighton is a watercolour by Charles Knight created in 1940 as part of the Recording Britain project. The work was commissioned under a Ministry of Labour and National Service scheme funded by the Pilgrim Trust, which employed artists to document aspects of British life and landscape during the Second World War. The project aimed to preserve a visual record of places and buildings perceived as threatened by war damage, urban change, or modernisation. The resulting collection included over 1,500 works by 97 artists, with Knight’s painting contributing to a…
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Charles Knight was a British landscape painter and stained-glass artist, best remembered for his watercolour paintings of the landscapes of Sussex.
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