Castle
Oil painting by Edward James Ashenden depicting an architectural scene.
The painting depicts an architectural scene featuring a red brick building with a prominent arched entrance. The building has embattled parapet, a white and a green door, white-framed windows and two X made of bricks. shadow cast across its façade, suggesting sunlight coming from the left side out of view. There is a tree with dense foliage on the left, partially obscuring the building and casting shadows on the ground. The sky is visible in the upper right corner, showing a clear day. The building continues in the background through the archway.
oil on board
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(Watercolour painter, designer, model-maker and decorative artist. Born at Wandsworth Common, London, he studied at Putney School of Art just prior to World War I, then again 1919–22. Ashenden’s designing and model-making skills were employed widely, including the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and the Century of Progress Exhibition, in Chicago. During World War II he was a camouflage officer with the Air Ministry. Exhibited RA, RI and in the provinces. Lived in London. Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)) Ashenden, Edward James
20th Century (01/01/1900 - 31/12/1999)
painted - 1900-1952 (01/01/1900 - 31/12/1952)
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