Manchester Art Gallery

The Common, East Knoyle, Wiltshire

Lucien Pissarro, 1863 - 1944



The Common, East Knoyle, Wiltshire

Lucien Pissarro 1863 - 1944

Summary

Landscape scene depicted in predominantly blue and green hues. The slope of a hill, scattered with growing clumps of bushes, descends from the upper left corner of the composition down to the lower right corner; at the base of the hill runs a wooded valley; beyond are two gently rounded hills, linked by a saddle formation, between which can be seen the forms of distant hills.


Object Name

The Common, East Knoyle, Wiltshire

Creators Name

Lucien Pissarro

Date Created

1917

Dimensions

support: 12.7cm x 21.5cm
Mount size: 15.6cm x 24.6cm

accession number

1925.361

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, unique
British

Place of creation

Wiltshire

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
crayon
chalk

Credit

Gift of Mr Charles Lambert Rutherston, 1925

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