Contemporary Welsh Art (National Museum of Wales), 1935
Start Date: 15 October 1935
End Date: 30 November 1935
Type: Exhibition
Description: Collection of paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture intended to illustrate the Welsh contribution to the visual arts of today.
Policy: Threefold aim; to demonstrate the richness of contemporary Welsh art, to develop an interest in art amongst those whose opportunities of seeing contemporary art are negligible and thirdly to allow young Welsh artists to see and study what is being produced by their countrymen.
Display Arrangement: Approximately 150 works exhibited in the galleries of the National Museum of Wales. The majority of works were oil paintings and watercolours.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Roma
1935
Exhibition included Cow and Milkmaid
1935
Exhibition included Wheat
1935
Exhibition included Bull
1935
Exhibition included Recumbent Bull
1935
Exhibition included Jeanne de Casalis
1935
Exhibition included Cedric Morris
1935
Exhibition included Head
1935
Exhibition included Girl's Head
1935
Exhibition included Rhodda
1935
Locations
Took place at National Museum of Wales Cathays Park Cardiff | View on map
15 October 1935 - 30 November 1935
Related Events
Affiliated with Contemporary Welsh Art (Swansea), 1935
Affiliated with Contemporary Welsh Art (Swansea), 1935
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by National Museum of Wales
15 October 1935 - 30 November 1935
Participants
Exhibitors included Frank Owen Dobson
October 1935 - 30 November 1935
Also had paintings in the exhibition.
Exhibitors included Caroline Louisa Byng Lucas
15 October 1935 - 30 November 1935
Also had paintings included in the exhibition.
Citing this record
'Contemporary Welsh Art (National Museum of Wales), 1935', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib1_1205495866, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
