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Down from Bethesda Quarry
BLOCH, Martin (1883 - 1954)
© Estate of Martin Bloch
Date: 1951
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 122.4 x 182.7 cm
Acquired: 1956; Gift; Contemporary Art Society
Accession Number: NMW A 2256
Born in Silesia, Bloch studied and worked in Berlin, exhibiting at the gallery of Paul Cassirer in 1911-20. In 1934 he emigrated to Britain. Bloch was friendly with Josef Herman and visited Wales several times. This painting of workers at the slate quarry at Bethesda in Gwynedd was included in the Festival of Britain exhibition 60 Paintings for 1951. Its Expressionist style reveals the enduring influence of Edvard Munch (1863-1944), who admired Bloch's work in 1920.
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