Well painted original watercolour, by the listed artist William Barnes (1916 - 1990) painted circa 1980. 

Titled "Wimbledon Common" depicting an autumnal view of Rushmere Pond on the common.

Signed lower right, inscribed with the location on the back board.

Watercolour on heavy wove paper. In the original stained and gilded wood frame, with double mount. 

Watercolour in excellent original condition, with good colour (see photos). Frame with some slight nicks and scratches, mount clean (see photos). 

Image 9.5cm x 14.5cm, frame 19.5cm x 24.5cm.

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William Barnes 1916 – 1990

British landscape painter in watercolours.

William Barnes was born in Brixton and trained at the Camberwell School of Art in the 1930s and the Wimbledon School of Art in the 1950s. The majority of his work is views in and around London, but he also painted throughout Britain.

Wimbledon Common, together with Putney Heath and Putney Lower Common, is protected by the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Act 1871 from being enclosed or built upon. The common is for the benefit of the general public for informal recreation, and for the preservation of natural flora and fauna. It is the largest expanse of heathland in London, with an area of bog with a flora that is rare in the region. The western slopes, which lie on London Clay, support mature mixed woodland. The Commons are also an important site for the stag beetle.

Most of the Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and a Special Area of Conservation under the EC Habitats Directive. English Nature works with the Conservators on the management plan for the area. Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath are also a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.

Two broad, shallow pools, Kingsmere and Rushmere, lie near roads on the higher parts of Wimbledon Common and seem to be the result of gravel extraction. The more remote Queensmere is somewhat deeper, being impounded in a small valley. These were often referred to as "Pen Ponds".