Student Artwork Guide — The Pool, London

Name Class Date

Edwin Edwards, The Pool, London. Public domain. See this canvas under a moving light: the drawing, the true colour under the varnish, the bare pigment

The facts

Artist: Edwin Edwards topimpressionists.com/en/artists/edwin-edwards/
Artist’s dates: 1823 – 1879
Original size: 46 x 61 cm
Movement: Impressionism Painters working fast and outdoors to catch how light actually looked at one moment, rather than finishing smoothly in a studio.

Copyright This work is in the public domain. Edwin Edwards died in 1879; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1949.

The Pool, London — Edwin Edwards

How big is it?

The original measures 46 × 61 cm (height × width), drawn here beside an adult of average height.

When might this have been painted?

1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
1870

Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 56 at death.

Shaded: the lifetime of Edwin Edwards (1823–1879) every dated painting, decade by decade

This record has no exact year on file — using the artist's lifetime and the work's style, what decade would you guess?

Compare with

High Street, Whitechapel, 1869 topimpressionists.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-high-street-whitechapel-AQSDG6-en/
Lands End, 1879 topimpressionists.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-lands-end-AQSDG8-en/
Outside the Inn, 1871 topimpressionists.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-outside-the-inn-D3WGAJ-en/

Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.

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Colours

Measured from the image

Main colour

Putty #c8bba3

Catalogued palette

#C8BBA3
#342210
#8C8572
#66533C

These colours inside the artist’s whole palette Find other paintings by colour

Palette: Earthy The dominant colour family in the image.
Main colour name: Putty
Intensity: Balanced How saturated and varied the colours are, from a single toned-down hue to many bright ones.
Contrast: Statement How much the colours differ in lightness and saturation across the picture.
Harmony: Strong Color Unity How well the colours work together, from clashing to fully unified.
Brightness: Balanced How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
Saturation: Subtle Color How pure and strong the colours are, from near-grey to fully vivid.

Where in the world is this painting looked at?

under 1%
1–3%
3–8%
8–20%
20% and over

This painting alone has too few recorded visitors to map, so the plate reads every work by Edwin Edwards over the last twelve months — 1 countries in all. Where these figures come from

The ten leading countries

1 China 100.0%

Find the three darkest countries on the map. Is the museum that keeps this painting in any of them? Write down one reason people far away might look at it.

The 5 most looked-at works by Edwin Edwards

1 The Pool, London this painting 33.3%
2 Towing Path, Sunbury on Thames, 1867 16.7%
3 Fishing by the River at Wilford Ferry, Nottingham, Barge in the Background 16.7%
4 Surlingham Ferry 16.7%
5 Raglan Castle 16.7%

Together these works take 100.0% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 18 works by this artist, of which 5 were looked at at least once. This painting ranks 1 of them, with 33.3% of that attention. The same counts, month by month

Bars measure attention, not quality. Pick the work at the top and this one: name one thing that might make a painting famous beyond how well it is painted.

Artist

Edwin Edwards

Where to read more

The artist Edwin Edwards topimpressionists.com/en/artists/edwin-edwards/
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Find this online

QR code linking to the download page for The Pool, London

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Cite this artwork

MLA: Edwards, Edwin. The Pool, London. n.d., https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-the-pool-london-AQSDGQ-en/
APA: Edwards, Edwin (n.d.). The Pool, London [Painting]. https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-the-pool-london-AQSDGQ-en/
Chicago: Edwin Edwards. The Pool, London. n.d. https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-the-pool-london-AQSDGQ-en/
Harvard: Edwards, Edwin (n.d.) The Pool, London. Available at: https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/edwin-edwards-the-pool-london-AQSDGQ-en/

The Pool, London — Edwin Edwards

Look closely

Answer in your own words. There are no wrong answers here — only answers you can explain.

What catches your eye first, and why?
Which colours or shapes create the mood — and what is that mood?
Our catalogue files this work under: english countryside, rural landscape, pastoral scene. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
Look back at High Street, Whitechapel (1869), earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
Impressionism: Painters working fast and outdoors to catch how light actually looked at one moment, rather than finishing smoothly in a studio. Where can you see that in this work?

Your response

Write a short paragraph about this artwork. Use the facts from the earlier parts of this guide, and your answers above.

Questions & Answers

Can I order an oil reproduction of "The Pool, London"?

Hand-painted copies of "The Pool, London" by Edwin Edwards are sold on this website: a hand-painted oil reproduction on linen canvas, ordered from its Hand-Painted Reproduction page.

How saturated is the palette of "The Pool, London"?

The colors of "The Pool, London" by Edwin Edwards have a subtle color saturation. Saturation describes how vivid or muted the colors are.

What style does "The Pool, London" belong to?

The movement associated with "The Pool, London" by Edwin Edwards is Impressionism. This classification situates the work among related artists and artworks.