Church and Green, Wethersfield
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Church and Green, Wethersfield is a 1940 watercolor by Du Plessis, a Social Realism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a quiet village scene with bare trees lining a dirt path. A small church sits in the distance, its roof a warm brown. To the right, a wooden fence runs along a grassy area, and a few buildings peek through the branches. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to suggest light and shadow, leaving some spots pale and others slightly darker. The writing in the bottom corner names the place: *Wethersfield Church*. The trees are mostly bare, but a few still hold green leaves, hinting at early spring or late fall. Next, look up Du Plessis to see more of their work.
Church and Green, Wethersfield is a watercolour by Du Plessis from 1940 depicting the Church of St. Mary Magdalene and the triangular village green in Wethersfield, Essex. The scene shows lime trees on the green in winter, a bench beyond a signpost, and the church’s square tower in the background. The work was commissioned for the Recording Britain project, a wartime scheme that employed artists to document places and buildings across England, Wales, and Scotland between 1940 and 1943. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, the initiative aimed to preserve a record of…
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Plessis Plessy, and de Plessis are related surnames of French origin, may refer to:
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