The Paragon, Clifton
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Paragon, Clifton is a 1942 watercolor by Ginger, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet street scene with a steep set of stone steps leading up to a row of buildings. On the left, a big tree with dark green leaves leans over a low fence, while on the right, a tall, unfinished tower juts out awkwardly. The buildings in the background have white walls and dark roofs, and the sky above is pale with soft clouds. The artist used quick, loose brushstrokes to capture light and shadow, especially on the steps and tree. The colors are simple—mostly greens, grays, and whites—with just a few pops of red and blue in the distance. If you like this style, look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour painting by Ginger from 1942 depicts The Paragon, a crescent of early 19th-century terraced houses in Clifton, Bristol. The work is signed and dated at the lower right and includes trees and a flight of steps in the foreground. It is part of the 'Recording Britain' collection, a wartime initiative that employed artists to document British landscapes and buildings threatened by war damage or modernization. The scheme, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, aimed to preserve a record of national identity during the Second World War.
Read the full account in the museum source.
This artist painted quiet London and provincial streets in watercolour around 1940.
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