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Some Trees and Snow

ZOBOLE, Ernest
Some Trees and Snow
Image: © Manuel Zobole/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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This landscape shows a snow-covered Rhondda Fawr. The hillside stretches up to the top of the canvas, exaggerating the flatness of the painting. Look at the clouds and trees. They have been painted with a deliberate, almost "child-like" naiveté. At the bottom of the painting two cars and a train make their way through the valley. As darkness envelopes the landscape they are small reminders of human presence.


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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 25851

Historical Associations

Association Type: Provenance

Creation/Production

ZOBOLE, Ernest
1927-1999
Role: Artist
Period: 1978

Acquisition

Gift, 11/11/2002

Measurements

h(cm) frame:171
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:140
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:7.5
d(cm)

Techniques

Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

Oil
Canvas

Location

In store
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Tags


  • Fine Art
  • Landscape
  • Painting
  • Post 1945
  • Snow
  • Tree
  • Welsh Connection

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