Frederick T. Sibley (1837-1912)
Winter scene in North Wales
Pastel on board, 122.5 x 81.5 cm
Framed, 151.5 x 111 cm
Signed lower left "FT Sibley 1893"
The work in question depicts a bright winter landscape identified as the gentle valleys of the Wales region in England. A snow-covered peak forms the backdrop to a small stone bridge suspended between the rocks that make up the rugged British landscape. The painting fits into the pictorial current known as Romanticism, which originated from the 19th-century German cultural and philosophical climate thanks to authors such as Caspar David Friedrich, and then spread to England with William Turner and John Constable. Romantic art was based on the principle of the sublime, according to which in the man-nature relationship, the latter prevailed over the former, who could do nothing before its beauty, capable of arousing contrasting feelings of unease and mysticism in the human soul. The author of the painting is identified as Frederick T. Sibley (1837-1912), an English artist who, together with other artists, founded the Royal Cambrian Academy at the end of the 19th century, the first British colony of artists. The association emerged from David Cox's summer stays in Betws-y-Coed between 1844 and 1856. The seven men who launched the Academy were all devotees of the artists' colony, many of whom were originally from the north west of England from where Betws-y-Coed was easily accessible by train. By 1881 the Conwy Valley in North Wales was at the height of its fame as an academy which welcomed a large number of professional and amateur artists. The prospect of seeing the painters at work attracted many visitors, as a result of which the seaside town of Llandudno emerged as a centre for the sale of many of these works. Established in 1881 by Queen Victoria, the Royal Cambrian Academy is a centre of artistic excellence in Wales, with the aim of exhibiting works by members of the Academy, promoting emerging artists of quality, organising historical exhibitions and offering a lively place for education. In 1887 Sibley was among the academics of the society and exhibited the painting Bridge and Fall at Nant Mill at the annual RCA exhibition, for sale for £80, and in 1890 exhibited A Lonely Shore.
The object is in good condition
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