Featured Welsh Folk Art painting

Discussion in 'Art' started by charlie cheswick, Nov 20, 2025.

  1. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    Hi Folks

    A cool folk art/ naive style painting i picked up today

    the stamp on the back leads to a few others, hoping it might lead to an artist

    i'm guessing the stamp is of the owner of the painting ?,,,or paintings?

    guessing at early 20th

    any help appreciated

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    Last edited: Nov 20, 2025
  2. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Looks like he’s the Framer and supplier of Artists paints/supplies. IMG_1665.jpeg
     
  3. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    Aha, that makes way more sense, thanks House
     
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  4. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    The other end of the bridge is not visible, it might be a 3 arch, a 4 or 5
    If you Google Stone arched river bridges in Wales there's many.

    Bear in mind some pictures might be newer or older than the painting and might not show repairs or newly built buildings.
    They might be taken from the other side of the river too.
     
  5. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    I like it! Sure looks like it has some age. Wouldn't mind going fishing in that river, back then.
     
  6. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    It might just be grasses but you might want to do a look to see if there might be a signature, for example, on the lower left. (I was messing with the colors to see what it looked like)



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  7. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Nice find Chas-Got the antique charm to it.Also SIS supplied a intriguing image-Country Chic mate.
     
  8. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    blimey thanks sis (the eyes on you :woot:)

    definitely a signature right on that bottom edge ;)
     
  9. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

  10. Bdigger

    Bdigger Well-Known Member

    I like the painting! I bet it would be spectacular after a good cleaning!
    Nice Find!
     
  11. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Can hardly wait to see the sig (and date ?) once out of the frame.
    SIS,great manip of that pic-looks like you ran it thru some exotic ultraviolet multi-spectography machine... but you did it all on yr widdy computer-Well done !
     
  12. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    thanks Bdiggy (hope that doesn't sound too close to that naughty Pdiddy)

    hadn't thought about cleaning it,,,,but a difference that would make (theres a small canvas hole/worn area in the top right so gotta be a bit careful
     
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  13. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    yeah think it will have to come out to get anything definitive......and even then :rolleyes:.....;)

    i find theres usually quite a fine line with these naive folk types, but liked this.....

    especially the big tree and the play of shadow in the water

    ......and the sheep across the river

    "thats supposed to be sheep :jawdrop::wacky:"

    ......yes mate...:rolleyes:..(i think so anyway:confused:)

    :)
     
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  14. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    from what i can see....think maybe......R Gabriel ?
     
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  15. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    or maybe R.C somethingortother
     
  16. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Charming naive painting, charlie. Love the colours too, and as Bdigger said, I'm sure it'll be spectacular after cleaning, the colours will pop.

    Looks like the man in the back of the pirogue-like boat is wearing one of those fishermen caps you usually see in southern Europe. So I had to check if they were worn in Wales as well, and found this wonderful photograph of a Welsh fisherman having a rest in his very Welsh coracle:playful::

    Welsh fisherman with coracle.jpg

    So yes, Welsh fisherman wore them too.:)

    The woman is wearing a traditional bonnet. I am glad she is wearing genuine dress, not the fake Welsh dress invented by lady Llanover (what was she thinking!:rolleyes:).

    I think the costumes, as well as the style of the signature, place your painting in the 19th century.
     
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  17. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    wonderful help, thanks Aj

    Fisherman or movie star ? (to a certain extent) ;) (guess its all that rowing/work)

    i was beginning to worry (because it being wales n all) that it was from the 1980s and just 2 ladies being shuttled across to watch emmerdale Farm :playful:

    so glad its got some good age:happy:
     
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  18. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    He certainly thinks he's the man.:playful: It is a great photo, pretty unusual for the period.
    Reception is always better on the other side of the river.:joyful:
     
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  19. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    its actually quite a bit more colourful than the pics show (taken late at night) so will try and get a better shot today (and of sig)
     
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  20. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    yeah he's more Mackenzie crook or old man steptoe in the face

    but he also doubled as a torso model (interesting fact)
     
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