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  • Esther Grainger, artist and activist

    Esther Grainger, artist and activist

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    Andrew Green
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    1 Introduction Around the turn of the century, when I was working in the National Library of Wales, I came across a smallish painting, in oil on board, called ‘Pontypridd at night’.  It struck me at the time as a bold and unusual work, and whenever I saw it I’d stand and admire it. From…

  • Posteri’r Eisteddfod

    Posteri’r Eisteddfod

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    Andrew Green
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    Un o draddodiadau Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru sy wedi mynd ar goll yw’r arfer o ddylunio a chyhoeddi poster arbennig i hysbysebu’r ŵyl.  Yn y degawdau cyntaf o’r ugeinfed ganrif tyfodd yr arfer, ac weithiau gwahoddwyd artistiaid Cymreig o fri i greu delweddau i’r posteri.  Dechreuodd y traddodiad cyn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.  Yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol…