Park Farm, West Malvern
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Park Farm, West Malvern is a 1940 watercolor by Raymond Teague Cowern, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour painting shows a farm scene. There's a big house in the middle with a chimney, and a smaller building to its left. In front of the buildings, there's a field with some animals. The sky above is light and cloudy. The painting is quite detailed, with lots of different colours used to show the textures of the buildings and the field. You can even see some trees in the background. If you want to see more paintings like this, check out the work of artist Cowern, Raymond Teague.
Created in 1940 for the Recording Britain project, this watercolour depicts Park Farm in West Malvern, contributing to a wartime initiative that employed artists to document Britain’s landscape and heritage. Part of a larger scheme funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark, the work reflects concerns about potential wartime damage and ongoing changes to rural life. The collection aimed to preserve a visual record of places and traditions perceived as threatened by urban expansion, agricultural shifts, and the broader impacts of war. Over 1,500 works were produced by 97…
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Raymond Teague Cowern painted quiet watercolors of mid-century Worcestershire life during the Second World War.
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