Broadwas Church
27
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
27
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Broadwas Church is a 27 watercolor by William Grimmond, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a small church with a tall, pointed roof and a cross on top. In front of the church is a graveyard with simple headstones and a few trees. The colors are mostly muted greys and browns, with some darker shadows and lighter patches of light. The artist signed and dated it "Sept 27 1940," which is the only text visible. The church looks quiet, with no people around—just the stones and the building. Next, look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this artist’s work.
William Grimmond’s watercolour *Broadwas Church* was produced as part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative that employed artists to document the British landscape and built environment between 1940 and 1943. Commissioned under the Ministry of Labour and National Service with funding from the Pilgrim Trust, the project aimed to preserve a visual record of places perceived as vulnerable to bomb damage, urban expansion, or changing rural practices. The watercolour depicts a specific English church, reflecting the scheme’s focus on traditional structures such as places of…
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English watercolourist who painted Worcestershire landscapes in 1940. His brush captured riverside scenes like The Teme at Knightwick and Knightwick Mill, along with half-timbered houses such as Elmley Castle and local…
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