STUDY FOR THE CEILING DECORATION, PORTMEIRION
gouache on paper
30 x 35cm; 11 3/4 x 13 3/4in
(unframed)

A study for the ceiling mural in the archway of the Gate House at Portmeirion, Wales. Feibusch enjoyed a close friendship with Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect, writer, landscape designer and conservationist who purchased his uncle's estate in 1931 and over saw its transformation into Portmeirion. Williams-Ellis incorporated fragments of demolished buildings, and works by other architects to evoke a Mediterranean coastal village. He commissioned Feibusch to supply murals for a number of buildings including the Anchor, the Arches, Lady's Lodge, the inside of the Pantheon and the vaulted ceiling of the Gate House.