Oxwich, Gower, Glamorganshire
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Oxwich, Gower, Glamorganshire is a 1940 watercolor by Mona Moore, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet beach scene with tall grasses blowing in the wind. The sand is light and dry, while the grasses bend in different directions. In the distance, a few twisted trees stand against a pale, soft sky. The artist used loose, quick strokes to show movement in the grass. The colors are mostly light and muted, keeping the scene calm. Next, look up Moore, Mona to see more of her work.
A watercolour study by Mona Moore from 1940 depicts wind-blown grasses and bare-branched bushes set in sandy soil along the coast at Oxwich, Gower. Part of the 'Recording Britain' collection, the work was created under a wartime scheme that employed artists to document the British landscape, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark. The project aimed to preserve scenes perceived as part of a vanishing national identity amid threats of bomb damage, invasion, and landscape changes. The collection includes over 1,500 works by 97 artists, with 63 commissioned specifically for…
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Mona Moore painted quiet watercolours of Welsh villages and coastline in the 1940s.
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