Cader Idris, North Wales
‘Cader Idris, North Wales’, by Herbert Hughes-Stanton (1870-1937), c.1918. This oil on canvas landscape depicts dry-stone walled fields in the foreground with one stand-alone figure. The lower-lying ground is shown to be wooded, with the rising ground covered in heathers. The background is dominated by mountains, shadowed by clouds.
Hughes-Stanton was a British watercolourist and landscape painter. He was a member of the Royal Academy and was made a knight of the realm in 1923. His work has been exhibited in major world galleries, including the Tate.
Hughes-Stanton was a British watercolourist and landscape painter. He was a member of the Royal Academy and was made a knight of the realm in 1923. His work has been exhibited in major world galleries, including the Tate.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/1918
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Cader Idris, North Wales
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- Hughes-Stanton 1918
- Period Classification
- Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918)
- Production Town
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1918
- Production Person Initials
- Herbert
- Production Person Surname
- Hughes-Stanton
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
