The Bridge and Chantrey Chapel, St.Ives
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Bridge and Chantrey Chapel, St.Ives is a 1941 watercolor by Walker, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a quiet river with a stone bridge crossing it. On either side, there are small houses with dark roofs and chimneys. A boat floats near the right bank, and the sky above is soft with light clouds. The water looks calm, reflecting the buildings and trees along the shore. The artist used loose brushstrokes to keep the scene simple and airy. The colors are muted, with blues and grays blending together. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour by Walker from 1941 depicts the 15th-century bridge over the River Great Ouse in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, with the attached Chantrey Chapel dedicated to St Lawrence. The work is signed and dated and is part of the Recording Britain collection, a wartime scheme administered 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, directed by Sir Kenneth Clark, aimed to document sites perceived as vulnerable to wartime damage or modernization, focusing on English buildings, landscapes,…
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An English watercolorist active in the early 1940s, this artist painted the spires, bridges, and inns of small-town England in quick, transparent washes.
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