Touring exhibition: Recording Britain

Exhibition available to hire

Kenneth Rowntree Grainfoot Farm, Derwentdale, Derbyshire. 1940 Watercolour E.1272-1949

At the outbreak of World War II an ambitious scheme was set up to employ artists on the home front. The result was a collection of more than 1500 watercolours and drawings that make up a fascinating record of British lives and landscapes at a time of imminent change.

Recording Britain will be the first exhibition to showcase the significant artists of the World War II project (Sir William Russel Flint, Charles Knight, Rowland Hilder, John Piper, Phyllis Dimond and more), putting the collection into context and explore how artists have looked at the British landscape since the 1940s. Photography and contemporary works will be included alongside the original Recording Britain works.

Size: Approximately 250–350 m²
Available from early 2013

For further information about hiring this exhibition please contact touringexhibitions@vam.ac.uk

Kenneth Rowntree, Grainfoot Farm

Kenneth Rowntree, Grainfoot Farm, Derwentdale, Derbyshire. 1940. Watercolour. E.1272-1949

George Hooper, Regency House

George Hooper, Regency House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. 1942. Pen and ink and watercolour. E.1685-1949

Barbara Jones, The Hawthorn Horse

Barbara Jones, The Hawthorn Horse, Oakham, Rutland. 1943. Watercolour. E.1901-1949

Michael Rothenstein, Old Cottages

Michael Rothenstein, Old Cottages, Sunny Terrace, Norby, Thirsk, Yorkshire. 1940. Pen and sepia ink and wash. E.2562-1949

John Piper, Tithe Barn

John Piper, Tithe Barn, Great Coxwell, Berkshire. c.1940. Watercolour. E.1120-1949

Conrad Atkinson, Landscape

Conrad Atkinson, Landscape. 1980. Postcard, gouache and wash. P.57-1980

Ingrid Pollard, From the series Pastoral Interlude

Ingrid Pollard, From the series Pastoral Interlude. 1987. Gelatin silver print coloured by hand. E.722-1993

Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane, Protest House

Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane, Protest House, Cardiff, from Folk Archive. 2001. C-type photograph. E.771-2008