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Description: | In 1851, the year before this painting was made, the urban population exceeded the rural population for the first time. Many artists became 'observers' coming from outside the rural community rather than living amongst their subjects. One such artists was David Cox. He lived in Birmingham but every summer he would visit North Wales and paint. The River Lledr begins on the mountain of Moel Siabod near Betwys Y Coed and flows into the Conwy. It is a beautiful area of wooded valleys and rolling hills, which leads into the high peaks of Snowdonia. It is also subject to swift changes in the weather! David Cox conveys the passing effect of light, cloud, wind and rain, by using loose, rough brushworks.
Oil painting showing the River Lledr in its early stages. A man and boy are standing on the pebbly shore fishing. The sky is cloudy and grey. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Rivers Boys Men Trees Fine arts Countryside Landscape Oil painting Oil Paintings Angling Wales Victorian period River Lledr Fishing Paintings Inland waterways Rural life Country life People Rural areas Art collections | Temporal: | 1852
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | COX; David (1783 - 1859) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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