The Goose Bridge, Malmesbury
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Goose Bridge, Malmesbury is a 1942 watercolor by Puller, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Goose Bridge, Malmesbury, painted by Puller in 1942, is a watercolour piece held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The painting depicts a serene scene of a bridge over a river, with trees and buildings in the background. The artist's use of watercolour creates a soft, dreamy effect. A quiet detail in the painting is the way the light reflects off the water, creating a sense of depth and tranquility. The overall mood of the painting is one of peacefulness and calmness. If you're interested in learning more about the artist's technique, you might want to look up Puller.
Watercolour by Puller, signed and dated 1942, depicts Malmesbury viewed from the south-east, showing the road leading to a bridge with a solitary walker in the foreground. The work is part of the "Recording Britain" collection, a wartime scheme initiated in 1940 by the Committee for the Employment of Artists in Wartime under the Ministry of Labour and National Service, funded by the Pilgrim Trust. The project aimed to document the British landscape and aspects of national identity, focusing on English scenes such as market towns, rural landscapes, and historic buildings, and ran until 1943.…
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