Not currently on display at the V&A

Cromwell Road: The New Building of the Victoria and Albert Museum under Construction

Oil Painting
ca. 1906 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Neven Du Mont, August L. M. (painter (artist))
Place of origin
London (painted)

Oil painting. Street view of the building of the V&A.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Tiles
Access_to_Images 2003
History of the V&A
Object type
Oil painting
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Oil Painting
  • Frame
TitleCromwell Road: The New Building of the Victoria and Albert Museum under Construction
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Oil Paint
Panel
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Cromwell Road: the New Building of the Victoria and Albert Museum under Construction', August Neven du Mont, about 1906
Physical description
Oil painting. Street view of the building of the V&A.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 16in
  • Approx. width: 11.75in
Dimensions taken from departmental object file
Style
German School
Marks and inscriptions
  • "'London Scene". / Oil sketch by the late Aug. / Neven du Mont (1866 [sic]-1909) / of the Corner of Cromwell Place / and Cromwell Road with the / Victoria & Albert Museum being / built in the background / Probably about 1906' (Inscribed on a label on the back)
  • 'AUS DEM/NACHLASS/VON/A NEVEN DU MONT/LONDON OKT./1909' (A rubber stamp on the back)
Credit line
Given by Mark Neven du Mont, son of the artist
Object history
Given by Mark Neven du Mont, the artist's son, 1958

Historical significance: August Neven Du Mont (1866-1909) was born in Cologne and studied at the Dusseldorf Academy, although he later settled in England. He painted both portraits and landscapes. The influence of Impressionism is evident in his work, and he was attracted by the problems of suggesting the fleeting effects of light in the medium of oil paint.

The South Kensington Museum underwent a major building programme between 1899 and 1909, when the architect Aston Webb was commissioned to provide new façades for the Exhibition Road and Brompton Road frontages and a grand entrance. On the occasion of Queen Victoria laying the foundation stone for this new building in 1899 it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum to commemorate the support given to its foundation by the Prince Consort. This building work attracted a number of artists. A pen and ink drawing of the Brompton Road frontage in 1906 by Louis Weirter in the collection (D.655-1906) shows scaffolding covering the whole of the front of the museum, including the dome.
Subjects depicted
Museum
Construction
Place depicted
Victoria and Albert Museum
Bibliographic reference
Cox, Trenchard (intro.) A. Neven du Mont, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, 1958 pl.3
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.23-1958

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Record createdMay 16, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134794/cromwell-road-the-new-building-oil-painting-neven-du-mont/
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