Two paintings of birds on a single sheet
1830
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Two paintings of birds on a single sheet is a 1830 watercolor by Unknown, a Romanticism work, depicting Bird, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sheet has two small bird paintings on front and back. One side shows a green bird perched on a branch. The other shows two red birds facing each other. Artists often used single sheets to save paper or test colors. Here the reds look bolder than the greens, maybe from different paint batches. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of these tiny studies.
A watercolour sheet from 1830 features two bird studies on opposing sides, each bordered in brown and fawn. On the front, a single green bird is depicted, while the reverse shows a pair of red adavatas.
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