{"product_id":"frederick-william-baldwin-british-1899-1984","title":"Frederick William Baldwin | Woodland Landscape, 1935","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully stylised woodland watercolour by British artist Frederick William Baldwin, signed and dated 1935.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaldwin approaches the landscape with a distinctly decorative eye. Tall, slender trees are simplified into elegant, angular forms, their branches picked out in fine linear drawing and delicate washes of muted green, ochre and soft terracotta.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than painting a dense mass of foliage, he gives each tree its own shape and character. The flattened clusters of leaves and open spaces between the branches create an almost rhythmic pattern across the paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is something of the Arts and Crafts tradition in his treatment of natural forms, with an almost Japanese quality to the carefully balanced composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePainted in 1935, just a year after Baldwin exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrederick William Baldwin (1899–1984)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrederick William Baldwin was a British watercolourist and draughtsman, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 17 March 1899.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe son of a bricklayer, Baldwin was self-taught as an artist, working principally in pencil, pen and watercolour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy 1934, he was exhibiting at both the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists, while living in Westhall, Suffolk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis work encompassed the towns, villages, architecture and landscapes of East Anglia, particularly his native Suffolk. His watercolours demonstrate a strong sense of draughtsmanship, combining carefully observed detail with a considered approach to composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the Second World War, Baldwin received commissions to produce watercolours of Suffolk locations for the London and North Eastern Railway. These were reproduced as carriage prints, bringing his paintings to passengers travelling across Britain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis work is represented in the National Trust collection at Anglesey Abbey, which holds his watercolour \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoe’s Fen, Cambridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, dated 1946.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"viki.knott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57485293683068,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7295\/1736\/files\/9962BFB2-0475-4710-933C-241CAF4BF5A1.jpg?v=1790102129","url":"https:\/\/www.vikiknott.com\/products\/frederick-william-baldwin-british-1899-1984","provider":"viki.knott","version":"1.0","type":"link"}