Artwork
The Mill, Biddenden
The Mill, Biddenden is a watercolor work on paper by the Regionalist artist Hardie. It dates from 1940 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
The Mill, Biddenden is a watercolour painting created in 1940 by Martin Hardie, depicting a landscape featuring a derelict windmill.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows a windmill on a small hill, surrounded by trees and a fence, with a body of water in the foreground and open countryside on the horizon. The scene conveys a sense of tranquillity and peacefulness.
Technique & Style
Hardie used muted colours to create a soft, gentle atmosphere, capturing the serene landscape with a focus on the interplay of natural elements and the abandoned windmill.
History & Provenance
The painting is part of the Recording Britain collection, a wartime project that documented places and buildings across England, Wales, and Scotland, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and initiated by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime.
Artist & collection
Artist
Hardie painted watercolours of quiet corners in 1930s and 1940s England, usually coastal or village scenes with buildings and daily life.
Old windmill by the side of a river, in the foreground a man in a boat
A windmill and a flock of sheep
Landscape with windmill, stream and cattle
Windmill, Lincolnshire
Untitled
Landscape with Windmills
The Draining Mill
Old Windmill, near Eastbourne
A mill on the banks of the River Stour
Windmills by a River
Kaivopuiston tuulimylly- A Mill