1880
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Spray of yellow forsythia is a 1880 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted “Spray of yellow forsythia” around 1880 in watercolour. She was still a teenager, but already she studied flowers closely. The painting shows a single branch of bright yellow blossoms. Potter trained early on plants and animals, filling sketchbooks before she wrote children’s books. This little watercolour hints at how her keen eye grew. Look for more in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour and pencil drawing of a spray of yellow forsythia is depicted on the top sheet of a Reeves & Sons Ltd. sketchblock containing 24 sheets of watercolour paper. The manufacturer's label is affixed to the lower cover of the sketchblock. The work was created by Beatrix Potter around 1880 and was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum from Joan Duke in October 2006.
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Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( BEE-ə-triks), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.
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