1881
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Still life study of pomegranates and a vase is a 1881 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This study shows pomegranates in a vase. Beatrix Potter painted them in watercolor in 1881. It’s a simple still life, nothing fancy. Potter called her basic training a gift. She said too much formal art school might have ruined her fresh eye. Instead, she learned from books and nature. See more of her early work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour and pencil drawing on paper depicts a green and brown earthenware vase positioned behind two pomegranates, with the left pomegranate cut open. The background is rendered in a grey wash. The work was completed during Beatrix Potter's formal art training at the National Art Training School in South Kensington, where she earned an 'Excellent' grade in her examinations. The drawing was later donated by Leslie Linder to the National Book League (now the Book Trust) in 1970 as part of the Linder Collection, which was on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1989 to…
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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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