George Vicat RA Cole

George Vicat Cole painted quiet English riverside scenes in watercolour during the late 1800s. His 1869 sheet “On the Arun, Stoke, Sussex” shows willows leaning over calm water and reed beds that feel close enough to touch. The soft light and gentle greens belong to the same tradition of topographical watercolours that earlier artists like John Constable used when they toured the countryside. Tap the title to step into that stretch of the Arun River and see how sunlight turns wet grass silver.