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Interior of the Baptist Chapel, Clare

Kenneth Rowntree

1940

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Early Modern Interior

Dominant colour

Interior of the Baptist Chapel, Clare is a 1940 watercolor by Kenneth Rowntree, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Kenneth Rowntree
When & what style?: 1940
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This watercolour painting is titled Interior of the Baptist Chapel, Clare. It's an interior scene. The artist, Kenneth Rowntree, created this work around 1940. He was part of the Recording Britain scheme, which might explain his interest in depicting places of worship. To learn more about the style and techniques used in this painting, look up the artist, Rowntree, Kenneth.

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour depicting the interior of a Baptist chapel in Clare, Suffolk, executed in Rowntree’s characteristic stiff, faux-naïf manner. The scene, viewed from a side aisle, shows the altar and altar rail adorned with flowers and sheaves of corn, while texts on the walls are rendered with careful attention. The work was created as part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative to document places and scenes across Britain. Due to multiple chapels in Clare, the specific building depicted remains uncertain.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Kenneth Rowntree

Kenneth Rowntree painted quiet British places in watercolour around 1940, from barn-stacked Essex fields to the carved oak pews of Caernarvonshire chapels.

See the richer artist page