1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Crystal Palace Gardens, Sydenham, Kent is a 1942 watercolor by Barbara Jones, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three dinosaurs in a grassy landscape. The dinosaurs are white and grey, with spiky backs and long tails. They are standing and sitting in the grass, with one dinosaur looking up at a tree. The dinosaurs are surrounded by green plants and trees, with a body of water in the background. The sky is white and cloudy. There is a sign in the background that says "HYLEOS" in white letters. This painting is a watercolour by Barbara Jones, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. You might also like to explore the work of artist Barbara Jones.
In this 1942 watercolor, three dinosaur sculptures stand on a gently sloping grassy area, with part of an ornamental lake visible in the foreground. The work was created for the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative that employed artists to document aspects of British life and landscape perceived as under threat. The scheme, directed by Sir Kenneth Clark and funded by the Pilgrim Trust, aimed to preserve scenes of national identity through topographical art. Over 1,500 works were produced by 97 artists between 1940 and 1943.
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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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