Rolling Country (The Downs below Goodwood)
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A landscape of the South Downs divided into agricultural patches of green and pale gold. Clustered groupings of dark green trees punctuate the valleys and ridges, leading the eye toward a hazy, muted blue horizon. The composition relies on soft, rounded forms and earthy tones, marking a clear departure from the harsh, angular geometry that characterized the artist's earlier wartime works. Painted in the interwar period, this piece reflects Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson's return to traditional English landscape painting, focusing on the structured, rolling topography of rural Sussex.