A heavy gun in action

BRANGWYN, Sir Frank William (Brangwyn was born in Bruges to an Anglo-Welsh father and Welsh mother from Brecon. The family moved back to Britain and by the age of fifteen Brangwyn was studying under designer and socialist William Morris. As he became successful as a painter, etcher and lithographer, Brangwyn began to travel widely across the world. He had an international reputation at the time of the First World War and was a member of the Senefelder Club, which promoted the medium of lithography.)

Brangwyn had Welsh parents and his work was much appreciated in Wales. This painting is one of several war scenes from the rejected first scheme for the Royal Gallery in Westminister Palace. These decorations were commissioned by Lord Iveagh as a memorial to peers and their relatives killed in the First World War. In 1927-33 the artist painted a second scheme illustrating the British Empire which was also rejected and subsequently installed in the Brangwyn Hall, a Swansea Guildhall.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 2530

Creation/Production

BRANGWYN, Sir Frank William

Date:

Acquisition

Gift, 29/10/1931

Given by Frank Brangwyn

Measurements

Height (in): 144

Width (in): 148

Techniques

oil on canvas

Techniques (fine art)

art dept - fine

Fine Art - painting

Material

oil

canvas

Location

Front Hall : South wall

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