Bronze Age Gold from Wales
The unconscious man
RICHARDS, Ceri Giraldus (Education: Swansea School of Art; Royal College of Art
Work: Cardiff College of Art; Chelsea School of Art; Royal College of Art; Slade School of Art
Awards: CBE, 1960; Hon. D.Litt University of Wales, 1961; Hon.Fellow of the RCA
Commissions: stained glass windows for Liverpool Cathedral and Derby Cathedral
The landscape of the Gower was a strong source of imagery - much of his work was also inspired by poetry and music: a crowning achievement was the series of paintings and construction on the theme of Debussy's La Cathedrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral))
Image: © Estate of Ceri Richards. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2024/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2039
Creation/Production
RICHARDS, Ceri Giraldus
Date: 1953
Acquisition
Gift, 11/3/1975
Given by The Contemporary Art Society for Wales
Measurements
Height (cm): 126.7
Width (cm): 101.7
Height (in): 49
Width (in): 40
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
Categories
Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art Ffurf gwrywaidd | Male figure Glas | Blue Llaw | Hand Cymdeithas Celfyddyd Gyfoes Cymru (CASW) | Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) Ail-ddweud Stori'r Cymoedd | Valleys Re-Told Neo-Ramantiaeth | Neo-Romanticism Ôl 1945 | Post 1945 Cysylltiad Cymreig | Welsh connection CADP content CADP randomComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.