Two Landscape Oil Paintings of Waterfalls in North Wales, Betws-y-Coed, d. 1914
Two beautiful landscape oil on canvas paintings. One is of a double waterfall in North Wales, dated 1914 and signed "K. Weir". This moody painting depicts a breathtaking Welsh waterfall, running through a forest, underneath a dark heavy sky with clouds. There are two figures at the foot of the falls, maybe a mother and her child. On the top stretcher of the frame is some handwritten text in faint pencil, likely naming the location. The text is hard to reach, but we believe it to be the Rhaeader Mawddach Falls in Northern Wales. The second is of another gorgeous waerfall, with a crane in the foreground. These two make such a wonderful pair. The back of this painting has the text "Betws-y-Coed N. Wales" written on the back which refers to the historic artistic colony. It is considered to be Britain's first artistic colony and attracted artists such as Paul Sandby and J.M.W. Turner since the late 18th Century. However, it was with the encouragement of David Cox, a regula