Artwork
The Greyhound Hotel, Blandford
The Greyhound Hotel, Blandford is a watercolor work on paper by the Social Realist artist Barbara Jones. It dates from 1942 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
The Greyhound Hotel, Blandford is a watercolour painting created by Barbara Jones in 1942. It depicts a building with a distinctive façade, rendered in a loose and sketchy style.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows a two-story building, likely the Greyhound Hotel in Blandford Forum, England, with a simple front porch and ornate details such as columns framing the central door.
Technique & Style
The work is characterized by loose, sketchy lines and a watercolour technique that suggests a quick execution, possibly from memory or a brief observation.
History & Provenance
The painting was produced as part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative that employed artists to document culturally significant or at-risk sites across England, Wales, and Scotland.
Context
The Recording Britain project, led by Sir Kenneth Clark and funded by the Pilgrim Trust, aimed to preserve a visual record of Britain's cultural heritage amid the pressures of war and modernization.
Artist & collection
Artist
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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