Old Mill, Salt Pans, Guernsey
1868
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1868
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Old Mill, Salt Pans, Guernsey is a 1868 watercolor by Paul Jacob Naftel, a Impressionism work, depicting Windmill, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a broken-down windmill on a sandy shore. The structure is half-collapsed, with wooden beams jutting out and a tilted sail. Nearby, a small boat sits upside-down on the ground, and a horse pulls a cart along a dirt path. The sky is thick with clouds, and the colors are mostly muted grays and browns, with a little green from distant hills. The artist used quick, loose brushstrokes to capture light and texture, especially in the sky and sand. This style was common in the 1800s when artists focused on real-life scenes over polished details. Next, check out Impressionism to see how this painting fits into that movement.
A watercolour painting of Old Mill, Salt Pans, Guernsey, signed and dated by the artist.
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Paul Jacob Naftel painted delicate watercolors of Guernsey’s landscape and daily life in the 1860s.
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