The South Wales Group
Foundation date: 29 May 1948
Function: Art society
Policy: Formed as an association of South Wales Art Societies with the intention of holding an annual exhibition to visit the four South Wales galleries. The South Wales Art Societies were; The Abergavenny Art Group, The Llanelly Art Society, The Newport and Monmouthshire Art and Craft Society, The South Wales Art Society, The Swansea Art Society, The Wye Valley Art Society.
Activities: exhibitions (open to non-members), exhibitions (members only)
Publications: exhibition catalogues
Composition: amateur artists, professional artists
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized The South Wales Group First Annual Exhibition, 1949
9 April 1949 - 23 July 1949
Institutional and Business Connections
Affiliated with The South Wales Art Society
1949
Affiliated with The Abergavenny Art Group
1949
Affiliated with The Llanelly Art Society
1949
Affiliated with The Newport and Monmouthshire Art and Craft Society
1949
Affiliated with The Wye Valley Art Society
1949
Affiliated with Swansea Art Society
1949
Sources
The South Wales Group 1st Annual Exhibition
1949
The South Wales Group.
Report of a meeting held by the Executive Committee
18 January 1949
Citing this record
'The South Wales Group', 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/organization.php?id=msib1_1205568344, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
