South Kirkby Colliery
1935
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1935
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
South Kirkby Colliery is a 1935 watercolor by Edgar Holloway, a Social Realism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a flooded street with people walking through shallow water. In the background, there’s a big factory with smokestacks and a church with a tall spire. The sky is dark and stormy, with wind blowing trees sideways. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to show movement in the wind and water. The scene looks messy but full of life, like a moment frozen in time. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this painting in person.
Edgar Holloway made watercolor paintings of British coal towns and old buildings in the 1930s and 1940s.
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