Windmill at Staining, near Blackpool
1943
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1943
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Windmill at Staining, near Blackpool is a 1943 watercolor by Pile, a British Romanticism work, depicting Windmill, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a tall, weathered windmill with a thatched roof. The building sits in a quiet countryside, surrounded by a fence and a few trees. The colors are soft—mostly pale greens, yellows, and grays—with quick, loose brushstrokes. The windmill’s worn look makes it feel old and sturdy. The artist used light washes of color, leaving parts of the paper visible for a sketchy effect. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
Windmill at Staining, near Blackpool is a watercolour by Pile from 1943 depicting a dilapidated windmill without its sails. The work was created as part of the Recording Britain project, a scheme launched in 1940 by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime to document the British landscape during the Second World War. Funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, the initiative employed artists to record scenes of national identity, including buildings, rural landscapes, and industries, with a focus on English subjects. The collection aimed to preserve a record…
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Pile painted watercolours of British buildings and landmarks in the 1930s and 40s.
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