St. Mary's Church, Tilty
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
St. Mary's Church, Tilty is a 1942 watercolor by Kenneth Rowntree, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour shows St. Mary's Church in Tilty. The building has an odd shape and fancy window carvings. Kenneth Rowntree painted it in 1942 as part of a project to record British buildings during the war. The church started as the chapel of a Cistercian monastery in 1153. When Henry VIII shut down the monasteries, the chapel became a local parish church. Check out more works by Rowntree, Kenneth.
A watercolour by Kenneth Rowntree depicts St Mary’s Church, Tilty, viewed from the east across a small field, emphasizing the intricate window tracery. The church, originally part of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1153, was preserved as a parish church after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. This work was one of three created for the Recording Britain scheme, which employed artists to document sites of national significance during the Second World War.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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 pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
