1943
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Burley-on-the-Hill is a 1943 watercolor by Barbara Jones, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a grand, symmetrical house with tall windows and a central staircase leading up to its entrance. The building has a flat roof and columns on one side, with a curved driveway in the foreground. The sky is pale, and the trees and grass are lightly sketched, keeping the focus on the architecture. The artist used soft, muted colors and loose brushstrokes to suggest light and shadow without harsh lines. The overall look feels calm and slightly faded, like a quiet afternoon. If you like this style, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more works like this.
A watercolour by Barbara Jones from 1943, depicting Burley-on-the-Hill House with its expansive colonnades extending from both sides, is signed, dated, and titled. The work was produced as part of the "Recording Britain" project, a wartime initiative that employed artists to document British landscapes and buildings threatened by conflict or modernization. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark, the scheme commissioned topographical watercolours of English scenes, including country estates and rural architecture. Over 1,500 works were created by 97 artists between 1940…
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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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