British Neo-Romanticism
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Arthur Kemp (1906-1968):
Porth Madog harbour, circa 1950
Mounted (ref: 2432)
Watercolour and pencil on paper, 15 x 22 1/2 in. (38 x 57 cm.)
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Provenance: Jeremy Kemp, studio ref no. AK25
This shows Porth
Madog harbour, using
some artistic license, from where finished slates were shipped out . The
slate sheds can be
seen on the quayside and the quay itself was built with huge slabs of
slate. The old narrow guage railway brought the slate down from Blaenau
Ffestiniog across the cobb and into the porth. Kemp enjoyed the
contrasting patterns of the old slate sheds against
the harbour wall. This was a study for a large mural that Kemp did to
depict the decline of the slate industry in North Wales.
We are grateful to Jeremy Kemp for assistance.
