ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Keeley Brazier as he was known in later life lived at Barmouth on the North Cardigan Bay coast in North Wales. He was one of he last four people to be indentured as apprentices to Coalport China Works at Coalbrookdale near Ironbridge in Shropshire. He studied at Coalbrookdale School of Art. He was conscripted into The King’s Liverpool Regiment. He was wounded in France and transferred to The Corps of Royal Engineers and worked as a topographical draughtsman based at Kinmel Camp near Rhyl. After he was demobbed, he wanted to return to Coalport but was refused because they were running the factory down. He decided to rejoin the Army and continued to work near Rhyl.
He went to live at The Gables, Ffordd-y-Mynnach, Barmouth in 1937. He continued to work in North Wales for Flintshire County Council and finally retired in Barmouth where he was a well-known figure as he sketched and painted around the local area.
The provenance for this work is his daughter from whom a large folio of his work was acquired just before she moved from the family home at the Gables.
A full biography is available if you wish.
IMAGE:
TITLE: Rocks & Water – Harlech Castle c 1913
PRICE: £10.00 Ref: 201708322005 BCW
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SPECIFICATION:
MEDIUM: Pencil on paper
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Painting: 135 mm x 225 mm 5 1/4” x 8 3/4”
Frame / Mount: Unmounted – Unframed
ANNOTATIONS:
Unsigned from a large folio of the artist’s work acquired from the artist’s daughter
Annotated lower right in the artist’s hand – Rocks & water.
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Unique Paintings of Wales 
4th September 2017
Dear ApFrier,
Thank you for looking at Alfred Keeley Brazier’s drawing of Harlech Castle. After reading lots about him and talking with people who knew him, I have come to the conclusion that painting may have been a counter to some of the things which he did not like around him.
As a former soldier, I find it difficult to imagine how a ceramic artist managed in the rough and tumble of a First World War Liverpudlian infantry battalion. I sense that it must have been traumatic to say the least. On top of that, the horrors of warfare in Picardy, roses or no.
I have now found a new challenge of including Buy Now buttons for all my paintings. It certainly concentrates the mind after mushroom hunting in the mizzle!
Keep safe and well,
Best wishes,
Dai.
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