Tag: Ceridwen

Tigers and dragons

July 11, 2025 1 Comment
Tigers and dragons

What connects the histories and cultures of India and Wales?  As it turns out, a complex nexus of links that have intertwined for centuries and continue to do so today.   This is the theme of Tigers and dragons, a truly ambitious exhibition in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.  It’s a great visual feast for the […]

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Two versions of Ceridwen

February 14, 2025 1 Comment
Two versions of Ceridwen

Christopher Williams is little known today outside his home town of Maesteg, but in his heyday – he was born in 1873 and died in 1934 – he was regarded as the outstanding painter of Wales.  He earned his living mainly by painting portraits.  Among his subjects were many of the Welsh public figures of […]

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