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Vicari, Andrew
(Artist)
Andrew Vicari was an artist from Neath. In 1966 he produced a lithograph entitled Aberfan Family prints of which were sold to raise funds for the Aberfan disaster. Vicari became Britain's richest living painter and, at one time, Britain's 18th-richest person.
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Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2025.11
Historical Associations
Association Type: Aberfan Disaster
Date: 1966
Place: Aberfan
Creation/Production
Vicari was born in Port Talbot in 1932 to Italian parents who ran a restaurant in Windsor Road, Neath. He attended the Swansea School of Art, and then the Slate School of Fine Art in London. In 1974, Vicari was appointed as the official painter to the King and Government of Saudi Arabia. He died in Swansea in 2016.
Role: Artist
Period: 1966
Acquisition
donation, 20/10/2025
Measurements
Length
(mm): 585
Width
(mm): 458
Techniques
Lithograph
Print
Material
Paper
Location
In store
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