Artwork
At Bosham
At Bosham is a watercolor work on paper by the Impressionist artist Hill. It dates from 1940 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Hill’s work reflects the project’s focus on preserving scenes of national identity, capturing places such as market towns, churches, and rural landscapes.
The watercolour At Bosham by Hill, created in 1940, is part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative commissioned by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime under the Ministry of Labour and National Service. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, the scheme employed artists to document Britain’s landscape and architecture amid concerns over wartime destruction and rapid modernization. Hill’s work reflects the project’s focus on preserving scenes of national identity, capturing places such as market towns, churches, and rural landscapes.
The collection, which included over 1,500 works by 97 artists, served both documentary and propagandistic purposes during the Second World War.
Artist & collection
Artist
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, and is usually applied to peaks which are above elevation compared to the relative landmass, though not as prominent as…
