1943
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Bishop's Palace, Lichfield (South or Garden Front) is a 1943 watercolor by Barbara Jones, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a big old house made of brick. The roof has lots of chimneys and small windows. In front, there are potted plants and a small bird on the ground. The sky is pale and cloudy. The artist signed it in the corner: Barbara Jones, 1943. She painted it as a watercolor. Want to see more of her work? Check out artist: Jones, Barbara.
A watercolour by Barbara Jones from 1943 depicts the Bishop's Palace in Lichfield, focusing on its south or garden front, and was created as part of the Recording Britain project. The initiative, led by Sir Kenneth Clark and funded by the Pilgrim Trust, employed artists to document the British landscape and built environment during the Second World War, aiming to preserve a record of places and traditions perceived as at risk from wartime damage and broader social change. The project resulted in over 1,500 works by 97 artists, including notable figures such as John Piper and Rowland Hilder,…
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Barbara Mildred Jones (25 December 1912 – 28 August 1978) was an English artist, writer and mural painter. She is known for curating the exhibition Black Eyes and Lemonade (1951) and her book The Unsophisticated Arts (1951).
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