Art Funded
Welsh Mountains
© the artist's estate. All Rights Reserved 2010 / Bridgeman Art Library
Augustus John (1878 - 1961)
Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery
circa 1911-1912
This works portrays the essence of the mountain landscape of Wales. The exact view depicted in this work may not be pin-pointed, but it captures the air of the Brecon Beacons. It is now thought to depict mountains in North Wales. Most of Augustus John's paintings in Welsh museum collections are portraits and this work is the first Welsh landscape in the National collection.
- Medium: oil on panel
- Dimensions: 30.2 x 50.5cm
- Art Fund Grant: £12000 ( Total: £28,000)
- ArtFunded in: 2007
- Vendor: Piano Nobile Fine Paintings
Provenance
Arthur Crossland; Agnew's; Peter Harris Collection, 1940s; Piano Nobile Fine Paintings, 2005.
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