Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-wilson-606" aria-label="More by Richard Wilson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Richard Wilson</a>
On Hounslow Heath
Presented by R.E.A. Wilson and M. Oliver 1929
animals: mammals
architecture
cloud
donkey
emotions, concepts and ideas
England
heathland
Hounslow
Hounslow Heath
idyll
industrial
landscape
natural phenomena
places
reflection
river
River Crane
tree
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
universal concepts
water: inland
weather
windmill
<p>The view shows the watermeadows beside the River Crane. This area of Hounslow Heath was not known for its beauty or cultural significance. Instead, the attraction of this picture lies in the beauty of the sky and the reflections in the water. In this it is an example of a new type of landscape view, designed to bring a vision of a rural idyll into the city dweller's home. The picture was commissioned by Tom Davies, who was a Bloomsbury bookseller, and one of a growing number of middle-class urban patrons of English landscape subjects.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
15 June 2002 – 21 May 2007
2007-05-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-06-15
Pastoral Landscape
Collection based display
6 March 2014 – 29 October 2014
2014-10-29
6 March 2014 – 1 June 2014
2014-06-01
2014-03-06
Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, USA)
http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
5 July 2014 – 29 October 2014
2014-10-29
2014-07-05
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales (Cardiff, UK)
2014-03-06
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Art
Loan-out
26 September 2022
26 September 2022
2022-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-09-26
Gallery 15
Collection based display
On Hounslow Heath
support: 425 × 527 mm
frame: 610 × 730 × 73 mm
Presented by R.E.A. Wilson and M. Oliver 1929
<p>
The view shows the watermeadows beside the River Crane. This area of Hounslow Heath was not known for its beauty or cultural significance. Instead, the attraction of this picture lies in the beauty of the sky and the reflections in the water. In this it is an example of a new type of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> view, designed to bring a vision of a rural idyll into the city dweller's home. The picture was commissioned by Tom Davies, who was a Bloomsbury bookseller, and one of a growing number of middle-class urban patrons of English landscape subjects. </p>
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animals: mammals architecture cloud donkey emotions, concepts and ideas England heathland Hounslow Hounslow Heath idyll industrial landscape natural phenomena places reflection river River Crane tree UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features universal concepts water: inland weather windmill