1883
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Still life study of a pineapple, basket of cherries and lizard is a 1883 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting is a still life study of a pineapple, basket of cherries, and lizard. Beatrix Potter created this watercolour in June 1883, showing her skills as a young artist. She was largely self-taught, but also received drawing lessons and studied the works of other artists. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this piece, you can explore the movement known as Impressionism.
A watercolour and pencil study by Beatrix Potter depicts a pineapple positioned partially on the left, a central rush basket filled with cherries and foliage, and a lizard partially visible on the right, all resting on rush matting atop a table. The verso of the sheet contains rough, undecipherable pencil sketches in various orientations. The work was later donated to the National Book League by Leslie Linder in 1970 as part of the Linder Collection, which was on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1989 to 2019.
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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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