A Moon Rainbow
Date made: c.1900-1933
Artist: Knox, Archibald
Description: An unusual and extremely atmospheric watercolour landscape by Archibald Knox (1864-1933) depicting a silver grey rainbow over a small mill tucked into a hollow in an almost golden hillside. Farm buildings and mills were a popular (and challenging) topic for Knox as he tried to capture what was essentially a 'white box' and attempted to give them volume and make them 3 dimensional on the paper. Although most of his watercolour sketches which are untitled and unidentified views of the Manx landscape, Knox's niece identified this as being a study of a rainbow produced by the rays of the moon. Knox's watercolour sketches can be seen as exercises in capturing the light and a single moment in time as this painting does most eloquently.
Measurements: unframed artwork: 44 cm x 58 cm
Materials: watercolour on paper
Object name: painting
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1959-0115
Subject tags : landscape