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Down from Bethesda quarry

BLOCH, Martin

© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

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.

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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 2256

Creation/Production

BLOCH, Martin

Date: 1951

Acquisition

Gift, 25/9/1956

Given by The Contemporary Art Society

Measurements

Height (cm): 122.4

Width (cm): 182.7

Height (in): 48

Width (in): 71

Techniques

oil on canvas

Techniques (fine art)

art dept - fine

Fine Art - painting

Material

oil

canvas

Location

In store

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