Calverley Crescent, Tunbridge Wells
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Calverley Crescent, Tunbridge Wells is a 1942 watercolor by George W. Hooper, a Social Realism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a row of tall, pale buildings with big windows and balconies. The street in front is empty except for a few parked cars and a lamppost. Dark clouds fill the sky, and the whole scene looks drawn quickly in ink and watercolor. The artist signed it in 1942, calling it *Calverley Crescent, Tunbridge Wells*. The loose, sketchy lines make the buildings feel alive, almost like a quick snapshot. Look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this artist’s work.
A watercolour by George W. Hooper dated 1942, depicting Calverley Park Crescent in Tunbridge Wells. The terraced town houses of the early 19th century are rendered in a rapid, angular manner with pronounced light-and-dark contrasts. The sheet belongs to the Recording Britain collection, a wartime scheme administered by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and funded by the Pilgrim Trust. The project, directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, employed artists to document places and landscapes across England, Wales, and Scotland between 1940 and 1943.
Read the full account in the museum source.
George W. Hooper painted quiet scenes of everyday places in watercolor. In 1942 he showed Tunbridge Wells’ curved Calverley Crescent and an old tomb at Bletchingly Church, Surrey, both in soft strokes of color. He…
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