Penrice Village, Gower, Glamorganshire
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1940
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Penrice Village, Gower, Glamorganshire is a 1940 watercolor by Mona Moore, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three small houses with thatched or tiled roofs, sitting side by side in a grassy field. The buildings look old, with whitewashed walls and small windows. A bare tree stands in front of the middle house, and the sky above is cloudy and gray. The artist used soft, watery brushstrokes to capture the quiet mood of the scene. The colors are muted, with earthy greens and browns blending together. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour by Mona Moore from 1940 depicts four cottages in the village of Penrice, Gower, Glamorganshire, as part of the "Recording Britain" project. The initiative, led by Sir Kenneth Clark and funded by the Pilgrim Trust, employed artists to document the British landscape during the Second World War, capturing scenes threatened by wartime changes and development. The collection focused on topographical views, including rural landscapes and historic buildings, with a limited inclusion of Welsh counties. Over 1,500 works were produced by 97 artists between 1940 and 1943.
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Mona Moore painted quiet watercolours of Welsh villages and coastline in the 1940s.
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