1943
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Butter Cross and Stocks, Oakham, Rutlandshire is a 1943 watercolor by Barbara Jones, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a small, wooden structure with a pointed roof, standing in front of a large, yellow building. The structure has a central post and four pillars, with a small platform at the base. The building behind it has a steeply pitched roof and several windows. The painting is done in watercolor, with muted colors that give it a soft, gentle feel. The artist has used delicate brushstrokes to capture the texture of the wood and the stone walls of the building. If you like this painting, you might also enjoy the work of the artist, Barbara Jones.
A watercolour by Barbara Jones from 1943 depicts the butter cross and stocks in Oakham’s market place, shown beneath a circular shelter. Part of the Recording Britain project, it was created to document places and structures considered emblematic of British national identity during the Second World War. The scheme, initiated by Sir Kenneth Clark and funded by the Pilgrim Trust, employed artists to record sites at risk from wartime damage or changing rural conditions. The work is signed, dated, and titled on the front.
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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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