Ironmonger's Shop, Tetbury
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Ironmonger's Shop, Tetbury is a 1942 watercolor by Puller, a Social Realism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a row of old buildings with steep, slanted roofs. The middle one is a shop with big glass windows full of jars and boxes. The walls are a dull yellow, and the windows have wooden frames. A sign on the right says "Smith’s Work Witches Made to Order." The artist used simple colors and loose brushstrokes to sketch the scene quickly. The shop looks like it’s been there for a long time, with worn-out details. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
This watercolour by Puller, dated 1942, depicts a shop front in Tetbury with three gabled sections and double doors, above which BP and Shell signs advertise the smith’s services. Created as part of the Recording Britain project, it reflects efforts to document Britain’s changing landscape and traditional industries during the Second World War. The scheme, led by Sir Kenneth Clark, employed artists to record scenes of national identity, focusing on English towns, rural industries, and historic sites. Over 1,500 works were produced under this initiative to preserve a visual record of wartime…
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