St. Peter's Church School, Eaton Square, S.W.1.
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
St. Peter's Church School, Eaton Square, S.W.1. is a 1941 watercolor by Ediss, a Social Realism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a small church with a tall steeple and a pointed roof, covered in snow. Next to it is a pale yellow building with many windows, also dusted with snow. A few people walk around, and a car sits parked near the church. The artist used quick, loose brushstrokes to capture the scene, keeping colors soft and muted. The snow looks light and fluffy, almost glowing against the darker buildings. Look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
This watercolour depicts St. Peter's Church School in Eaton Square, S.W.1., created in 1941 as part of the Recording Britain project. The work was produced under a wartime scheme that employed artists to document Britain's landscape and architecture, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark. The project aimed to capture scenes perceived as threatened by war damage, urban development, or changing rural life. The collection, consisting of over 1,500 works by 97 artists, sought to preserve a visual record of national identity during the early 1940s.
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Ediss painted London’s quiet streets and squares in delicate watercolours during the early 1940s.
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