Down from Bethesda quarry

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Down from Bethesda quarry
Down from Bethesda quarry
Down from Bethesda quarry
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By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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Image ID
2292
Accession number
NMW A 2256
Title
Value
 
Down from Bethesda quarry
Identification
Identifier
Type
 
 
Creator
Name
Role
 
 
BLOCH, Martin
 
Material
Value
 
organic materials
textiles
oil
canvas
Technique
Value
 
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Category
Value
 
Painting
Fine Art
Usage
Value
 
Creation date
01/01/1951
to
31/12/1951
Period
Period
 
1951
Additional information
Born in Silesia, Bloch studied and worked in Berlin, exhibiting at the gallery of Paul Cassirer in 1911-20. In 1934 he emigrated to Britain. Bloch was friendly with Josef Herman and visited Wales several times. This painting of workers at the slate quarry at Bethesda in Gwynedd was included in the Festival of Britain exhibition '60 Paintings for 1951.' Its Expressionist style reveals the enduring influence of Edvard Munch (1863-1944), who admired Bloch's work in 1920.
Keywords
Value
 
Landscape
Quarry
Man
Bridge
Post 1900
Welsh connection
LANDSCAPE FEATURES
Mining and Quarrying
INDUSTRY AND WORK
Person
PEOPLE
Architectural feature
ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS
ART AND DESIGN MOVEMENTS
ART AND DESIGN MOVEMENTS
Monochrome or colour
Colour
Place
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5,040 px
Full size height
3,324 px

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