Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Off Ostend
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 was born in Bruges, the son an of Anglo-Welsh architect. Although his family returned to London in 1875, he retained a special fondness for the land of his birth and painted Belgian subjects throughout his career.
Image: © Estate of Sir Frank William Brangwyn. All Rights Reserved 2024/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 153
Creation/Production
BRANGWYN, Sir Frank William
Date: 1890
Acquisition
Purchase, 1929
Measurements
Height
(cm): 31.5
Width
(cm): 42.9
Height
(in): 12
Width
(in): 16
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
In store
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