Artwork
Anchors
Anchors is a drawing by Tristram Paul Hillier. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Anchors is a pencil drawing by Tristram Paul Hillier, featuring a collection of anchors and ropes.
Subject & Meaning
The drawing depicts a tangled pile of anchors and ropes, conveying a sense of heaviness and wear through the depiction of worn, used anchors.
Technique & Style
Hillier employed cross-hatching, a technique involving layered lines, to achieve depth and texture in the drawing, creating shaded areas that add to the overall sense of weight and dimensionality.
Artist & collection
Artist
Tristram Paul Hillier drew precise, calm scenes in black and white. In 1936 he made “Landscape and still life with table, vine-sprayer and rake,” a neat tangle of tools and plants on paper. Another sheet shows…
