Tag: National Eisteddfod of Wales
Esther Grainger, artist and activist
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
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 […]