Capel-y-ffin
JONES, David
© Estate of David Jones. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Where do you go to escape from things? David Jones went to Capel y Ffin, a remote artist community in the Black Mountains. His muted image of this peaceful place is both calming and strange, in the geometry of seemingly deserted architectural forms, hidden in the tangle of nature on the hillside.
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 557
Creation/Production
JONES, David
Date: 1926-1927
Acquisition
Purchase, 1991
Measurements
Height (cm): 56.2
Width (cm): 38.9
Height (in): 22
Width (in): 15
Techniques
mixed media on paper
drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
pencil
watercolour
gouache
Paper
Location
In store
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