Clarence Whaite and the Welsh Art World

The Betws-y-coed Artists' Colony, 1844–1914

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Second edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 21.5cm, 192pp.

Between 1844 and 1856 the landscape painter David Cox spent many summer months working at Beyws-y-coed in north Wales. Largely as a result, the area became a favourite resort for young English artists and for tourists from all over the world., attracted by the idea of visiting an artists' colony. However, some of the visitors progressed beyond their interest in the beautiful landscape to a commitment to the indigenous culture of Wales. The most important was Henry Clarence Whaite from Manchester, who eventually set up home near Conwy. Whaite's remarkable landscape and subject painting, and his contribution, along with a group of colleagues based in Cardiff, to the creation of a national art world in Wales have largely been ignored by art historians. This book celebrates the work of Whaite and the other painters of the Betws-y-Coed Artists' Colony, and documents the emergence of the Welsh art world in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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A very good copy, with just a little wear along the wrapper's edges.

ISBN

9780190716306