Welsh Art News
SUMMER 2008

New Stock.

The latest additions to stock include some of the most interesting works that have appeared on the website for some time, particularly paintings by several important Welsh artisan painters of the mid-19th century. This is a reflection of the vagaries of the art market as such artisan pictures have been few and far between in recent years - the John Cambrian Rowland is the first work by this rare painter ever to come into my stock and the Wm. J Chapman is only the second sporting subject to appear here in over ten years. In addition to these rarities are two highly characteristic portraits by the celebrated William Roos whose work is increasingly hard to find.

The new stock also includes several quirky and early Welsh rarities such as the rare caricature of A Welsh Justice, the circular meeting list of the Welsh Jacobite society - The Cycle of the White Rose, and the Swansea stoker’s snuff tin.

Amongst the more conventionally historically interesting paintings are the fascinating early panorama of Barmouth as it appeared in 1797 and the fine early 20th c. view of the town of Harlech by Frederick Marriott.

Finally, another rarity makes an appearance in the form of the charming scene of Boys Fishing by James Parry. Parry came from a family of painters of Welsh descent living in Manchester. Although he is known to have exhibited a number of pictures at the Manchester Royal Institution during his lifetime, (including this one in 1831), his work is very rare.

New Publication.
PARRY - The Life and Works of William Parry A.R.A. (1743-1791)

My monograph on Parry, the first thorough study of his life and paintings, was
launched at Peniarth near Tywyn on 8 March. Since then it has been selling steadily and I have been extremely gratified by the numerous kind and encouraging messages received from both private clients and the trade.

The launch was accompanied by a double-page article in the North Wales Daily Post and articles about the book have also appeared in the Cambrian News, the Western Maiil and the Antiques Trade Gazette.

The first formal review appears in the May & June edition of Cambria magazine. In a very favourable article, PARRY is described as ’well written and beautifully produced.’ To read the full review, please click here

Further reviews are expected soon in Planet (the Welsh Internationalist), Barn, the British Art Journal, the Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society and the Georgian Group Journal. Details will appear in further updates to this website.

If you have not already ordered your copy of PARRY please click here for an
order form or call at the gallery to buy in person.