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Queen's Gate, Kensington Gardens

Dimond

1942

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Early Modern Architectural

Dominant colour

Queen's Gate, Kensington Gardens is a 1942 watercolor by Dimond, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Dimond
When & what style?: 1942 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This watercolour painting depicts a small, classical-style building with a triangular pediment and a central doorway. The building is surrounded by trees and a black metal fence, with a path leading up to the entrance. The artist has used a range of greens and browns to create a sense of depth and atmosphere in the scene. The painting appears to be a study of the building and its surroundings, rather than a detailed portrait of a specific person or event. If you're interested in learning more about the artist behind this work, you might want to look up Dimond.

The story of this work

Overview

Queen's Gate, Kensington Gardens is a watercolour by Dimond from 1942 depicting the lodge at the Queen's Gate entrance to Kensington Gardens, enclosed by low railings and set against a backdrop of trees. The work is part of the Recording Britain collection, a wartime initiative launched in 1940 by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime to document places and buildings across Britain, funded by the Pilgrim Trust. The scheme, directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, aimed to record the national landscape amid concerns over bomb damage, invasion, and broader changes such as urban expansion…

Read the full account in the museum source.