{"product_id":"landscape-painting-cottages-in-the-snowdonia-range-in-the-manner-of-sir-kyffin-williams","title":"Landscape Painting Cottages In The Snowdonia Range In The Manner of Sir Kyffin Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWelsh Landscape by Andrew Belderbos (British, b.1969) Carneddau – Snowdonia In The Manner of Sir Kyffin Williams \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original 2022 acrylic landscape capturing cottages beneath the rugged Carneddau Mountains of North Wales, painted in the manner of the Welsh landscape tradition associated with Sir Kyffin Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal contemporary British landscape by Andrew Belderbos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegistered title \u003cem\u003eCarneddau – Snowdonia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainted in November 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonogrammed “AB” lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorth Wales subject within the Carneddau Mountains of Snowdonia (Eryri)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo distinctive white cottages amongst the mountainous terrain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrongly worked impasto surface with expressive brush and palette-knife-like handling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the manner of Sir Kyffin Williams and the modern Welsh landscape tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcquired directly from the artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Provenance Register Certificate No. MCWM 17245 6936\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary black frame with contrasting white inner surround\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady for display\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA compelling interpretation of the North Welsh landscape by contemporary British artist Andrew Belderbos, presenting two white cottages surrounded by the dramatic terrain of the Carneddau Mountains in Snowdonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelderbos approaches the landscape through texture and atmosphere. Mountain slopes are assembled from vigorous passages of charcoal, grey, olive, brown and mustard ochre, interrupted by the brilliant white walls of the cottages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA meandering grey track carries the viewer through the foreground towards the buildings and distant hills. Overhead, the substantial expanse of muted grey sky gives the scene the unsettled atmospheric quality characteristic of the Welsh uplands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated in November 2022, the painting was acquired directly from the artist and retains documentary evidence identifying its original title, medium and date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Belderbos (British, b.1969)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eCarneddau – Snowdonia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescriptive Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eCottages in the Carneddau Mountains, North Wales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Monogrammed “AB” lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carneddau Mountains, Snowdonia (Eryri), North Wales\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDocumentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Art Provenance Register Certificate No. MCWM 17245 6936\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56 cm wide × 46 cm high × 2 cm deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title \u003cem\u003eCarneddau – Snowdonia\u003c\/em\u003e is recorded on the Art Provenance Register certificate preserved on the reverse and is therefore retained as the principal catalogue title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelderbos organises the composition around contrasts of scale and tone. The intensely white cottages provide immediate focal points, yet their modest proportions ensure that the surrounding mountain environment remains dominant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe track introduces a serpentine movement through an otherwise strongly constructed landscape, drawing together foreground, habitation and distant mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParticularly effective is the use of mustard-yellow ochre across the terrain. These warmer passages animate the darker charcoal and grey areas and prevent the restricted palette from becoming sombre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than attempting literal topographical description, Belderbos distils the landscape into its essential components of mountain, cottage, track and sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Artist – Andrew Belderbos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Belderbos is a contemporary British painter, born in 1969 and based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritish landscape is an established aspect of his painting practice, and documented examples encompass subjects in Wales, the Lake District and Northern Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis engagement with North Wales predates the present work. The 2020 acrylic \u003cem\u003eTryfan\u003c\/em\u003e was inspired by the rugged beauty, landscape and weather of Snowdonia, establishing a useful precedent for the mountainous subject explored again in \u003cem\u003eCarneddau – Snowdonia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelderbos has also employed impasto and palette-knife methods in other North Welsh subjects, demonstrating that the pronounced materiality visible here forms part of his wider artistic vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Carneddau \u0026amp; Snowdonia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Carneddau are one of the principal mountain ranges of Snowdonia, now Eryri National Park, and form an imposing part of the upland landscape of North Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelderbos does not present the mountains as a picturesque backdrop. Instead, they occupy and structure much of the painted field, surrounding the cottages and visually dwarfing the evidence of human habitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe expansive sky further contributes to this relationship between habitation and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting scene communicates something of the isolation, exposed terrain and mutable weather that characterise the high landscapes of North Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Manner of Sir Kyffin Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting can be situated within the modern Welsh landscape tradition associated particularly with Sir Kyffin Williams RA (1918–2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts visual affinity is apparent in the reduction of the landscape into substantial mountain forms, the use of white rural architecture against darker terrain, the restrained earth-based palette and, above all, the emphasis placed upon the physical surface of the paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe description \u003cstrong\u003e“in the manner of Sir Kyffin Williams”\u003c\/strong\u003e is used as a stylistic classification. It acknowledges these visual and technical affinities without implying authorship by Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarneddau – Snowdonia\u003c\/em\u003e is an original work by Andrew Belderbos and is not catalogued as a copy of any identified composition by Sir Kyffin Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique, Impasto \u0026amp; Paint Surface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical paint surface is one of the defining characteristics of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelderbos varies the density of the acrylic considerably. Certain passages are thin enough for the texture of the canvas to remain visible, while other areas are constructed from substantial accumulations of pigment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBroad sweeps, dragged marks and palette-knife-like strokes form irregular ridges across the mountain terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharcoal and black establish the deepest structural passages. Slate and silvery greys dominate the mountains and sky, while olive and earth colours soften the transition into the foreground. Mustard-yellow ochre provides the principal warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cottages are deliberately treated with considerably brighter white pigment, allowing their simplified architectural forms to stand apart from the surrounding terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe irregularity of the surface is integral to the artist's handling and contributes materially to the character of the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature \u0026amp; Art Provenance Register Documentation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work is monogrammed \u003cstrong\u003e“AB”\u003c\/strong\u003e in white at the lower left of the painted surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Art Provenance Register certificate remains attached to the reverse and records:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Belderbos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eCarneddau – Snowdonia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate Artwork Created:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e MCWM 17245 6936\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe certificate provides contemporaneous documentary information concerning the authorship, title, medium and date and remains part of the painting's provenance record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcquired directly from Andrew Belderbos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Art Provenance Register, Certificate No. MCWM 17245 6936.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Belderbos has documented public exhibition history, including participation with The Art \u0026amp; Design Hub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo exhibition history specific to \u003cem\u003eCarneddau – Snowdonia\u003c\/em\u003e has presently been established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth: 56 cm \/ approximately 22.05 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeight: 46 cm \/ approximately 18.11 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDepth: 2 cm \/ approximately 0.79 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work is presented in a contemporary black outer frame incorporating a contrasting white recessed inner surround.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis restrained presentation works effectively with the painting's predominantly charcoal, grey and white tonal structure while providing a clean visual boundary around the more strongly coloured ochre passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting is ready for display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in very good overall condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painted surface retains its pronounced original texture, including raised acrylic, ridged pigment, dragged marks and areas in which the weave of the canvas remains visible. These variations are intentional features of Belderbos's technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contemporary frame shows light evidence of previous handling and display, including minor surface imperfections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe detailed photographs should be viewed as part of the condition description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther photographs and condition information are available upon request.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorldwide Shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorldwide shipping is available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting will be professionally packed with appropriate consideration given to the pronounced impasto surface and contemporary frame. 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