Upton-on-Severn; houses by the river
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Upton-on-Severn; houses by the river is a 1940 watercolor by Raymond Teague Cowern, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet street with old houses. The buildings are made of stone, with dark roofs and small windows. One house has a bench outside, and a few plants sit in front. The ground is dirt, and a fence runs along the right side. The colors are mostly gray and brown, with a little green and yellow. The artist used quick brushstrokes to capture the scene. It looks like they painted it fast, focusing on shapes and light. The houses seem simple but full of character. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
This watercolour by Raymond Teague Cowern depicts houses along the riverbank in Upton-on-Severn and is part of the *Recording Britain* project, a wartime initiative launched in 1940 to document Britain’s landscapes and architecture. Commissioned by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime, the project aimed to preserve a record of places and scenes perceived as culturally significant amid fears of wartime destruction and rapid modernization. The work was funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark, director of the National Gallery, who sought to support artists…
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Raymond Teague Cowern painted quiet watercolors of mid-century Worcestershire life during the Second World War.
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