Artwork
Pennard Castle, Gower, Glamorganshire
Pennard Castle, Gower, Glamorganshire is a watercolor work on paper by Mona Moore. It dates from 1940 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Pennard Castle, Gower, Glamorganshire is a watercolour painting created by Mona Moore in 1940. It depicts a landscape with a castle ruin on a hill.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows Pennard Castle set against a muted sky, with leafless trees and undergrowth in the foreground. The castle's simple, weathered form blends into the surrounding landscape, evoking a sense of stillness and age.
Technique & Style
Moore employed light washes of colour to capture the textures of the rocks, grass, and other landscape features, conveying a soft, serene atmosphere.
History & Provenance
The painting was produced as part of the Recording Britain project, a wartime initiative that documented Britain's heritage between 1940 and 1943, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and overseen by Sir Kenneth Clark.
Artist & collection
Artist
Mona Moore painted quiet watercolours of Welsh villages and coastline in the 1940s.
Ddu-Allt, Tan-y-Bwlch, Merionethshire
Fishermen's Almshouses, Great Yarmouth
Old Mill, Clynne Valley, Gower, Glamorganshire
Oxwich Bay and Village, Gower, Glamorganshire
Oystermouth Castle, Gower, Glamorganshire
18th Century Houses, South Quay, Great Yarmouth
Oxwich, Gower, Glamorganshire
Penclawdd, Gower, Glamorganshire
