View Through an Open Window
Artist: Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1998)
Location: Edwin Young Collection
Date: 1948
Materials: pencil, watercolour, chalk & bodycolour
Dimensions: 42 x 56cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £5,980)
Vendor: Liss Fine Art Ltd
Review number: 5794 (2006)
Provenance:
Auction, 2004; private collector; Liss Fine Art.
Description:
This watercolour dates from Rowntree's time at Great Bardfield in north-west Essex and depicts a summer garden with the Essex countryside in the distance. A corner of a cushion on the window sill directs our gaze into the orchard which suggests that the orchard and garden are part of the interior space. Rowntree was an Official War Artist during the Second World War engaged in the 'Recording Britain' scheme to record British national heritage, both the natural and built environment, in case of loss through enemy action.
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