1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
House at Dol-y-moch, Maentwrog Valley, Merionethshire is a 1942 watercolor by Frances Macdonald, a British Romanticism work, depicting Farmhouse, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet, two-story stone house with a dark slate roof. In front, four cows graze in a shallow, muddy stream. Tall evergreens frame the house on both sides, and the background is filled with loose, sketchy brushstrokes of trees and sky. The artist used watercolor, leaving some areas rough and others smooth. The house looks old but sturdy, with small windows and a simple door. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this painting up close.
This 1942 watercolour by Frances Macdonald depicts a country house surrounded by woodland, with cattle grazing in the foreground. Part of the "Recording Britain" collection, it was created under a wartime scheme to document the British landscape, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark. The project aimed to capture a sense of national identity amid concerns over bomb damage, urban expansion, and rural decline during the Second World War. Over 1,500 works were produced by 97 artists between 1940 and 1943.
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Frances Macdonald MacNair (24 August 1873 – 12 December 1921) was a Scottish artist whose design work was a prominent feature of the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) during the 1890s.
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