The Village of Cheddar

James Baker Pyne (1800 - 1870)

Watercolour on paper

1834

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Landscape painter James Baker Pyne was born in Bristol, where he worked as a self-taught artist until the age of 35. He gave painting lessons to William James Müller, who later became an artist of repute. In 1835 Pyne moved to London, exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy, British Institution and New Watercolour Society over two decades. In his early period he painted views and scenery around Bristol but after 1835 he travelled to Italy and elsewhere on the Continent, gathering material to work up into finished pictures. Pyne was an admirer and imitator of Turner; his dramatic effects and use of pale yellow tones reflecting Turner's influence. Today, his records of works produced from 1840 to 1868 are in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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    Artist
    James Baker Pyne (1800 - 1870)
    Title
    The Village of Cheddar
    Date
    1834
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 29.00 cm, width: 19.50 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Gilbert Davis, July 1964
    Inscription
    sdbr
    GAC number
    1790