The Mill, Lemsford
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1941
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Mill, Lemsford is a 1941 watercolor by Archibald Ziegler, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows a large, multi-story mill building with a light-colored exterior. The mill has several windows and a small bridge in front of it. In the background, there are trees and other buildings. The mill appears to be a working building, with people visible in the windows and on the bridge. The painting is done in watercolor, with soft colors and gentle brushstrokes. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this piece, you might want to look up Ziegler, Archibald.
The work is a watercolour painting by Archibald Ziegler, signed and dated 1941, depicting a brick and weatherboarded watermill in the village of Lemsford. It was created as part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark to document the British landscape and its changing character during the early 1940s. The scheme employed artists to record scenes of national identity, focusing on English locations such as rural industries, villages, and landscapes. This painting is one of over 1,500 works produced by 97 artists under…
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Archibald Ziegler painted quiet outdoor scenes in watercolour. His brush captured everyday places like mills and rivers in soft, flowing colours. In 1941 he recorded The Mill, Lemsford with delicate blues and greens,…
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