St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford, from the North-West
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford, from the North-West is a 1942 watercolor by Louisa Puller, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Louisa Puller shows St. Bartholomew’s Church in Orford in a quiet watercolour from 1942. The view looks northwest across rooftops and back gardens in high summer. Two versions of this church exist in the same project, one snow-covered, the other bright and green. This church tower had already lost its top long before Puller painted it. She was an amateur who joined a national effort to record Britain’s changing landscapes. Next time you’re in London, look for the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour by Louisa Puller from 1942 depicts St Bartholomew's Church in Orford during high summer, framed by a mix of cottages, back gardens, and outbuildings. The church’s ruined tower is partially obscured from the north-western viewpoint, with telephone wires crossing the upper section of the composition. The work was created as part of the Recording Britain project, which employed artists to document aspects of British life and architecture during the Second World War. The project included two contrasting views of the same church, this one by Puller and another by Jack L. Airy,…
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Louisa Puller painted quiet, detailed watercolors of English buildings in the 1940s.
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