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- Oribe black raku chawan
- Object name(s):
- Ceramics; Tea bowl
- Brief description:
- Hand built tea bowl made from white clay with white and black glaze panels and red leaf decoration
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2007
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension value:
- 130
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 90
- Inscription content:
- Mark: Impressed stamp near foot
- Material:
- White clay
- Object name:
- Ceramics; Tea bowl
- Object number:
- C1577
- Object production date:
- 2007
- Date - earliest / single:
- 2007
- Date - latest:
- 2007
- Object production person:
- Sonobe Genya
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Ceramicist. He studied Mathematics at the Tokyo University of Science, and has been a Lecturer of Ceramics at the Tokyo Designer Gakuin (Nagoya School) since 1984. He was awarded a prize at the Mino International Ceramics exhibitions, Japan, in 1988, and produced the Ceramics Wall at the Nissan Gallery in Seto Store, Japan, in 1985. He exhibits regularily in Japan and also internationally.He aims to create Tea Bowls not only as tools for the tea ceremony, but to create a spiritual link between himself and others, believing that Tea Bowls reflect inner personalities and have spiritual significance
- Person's birth date:
- 1951
- Person's forenames:
- Sonobe
- Person's place of birth:
- Japan, Hokkaido
- Person's surname:
- Genya
- Object production place:
- Japan
- Owner:
- International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth, 2007
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Ceramics
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- Object name(s):
- Ceramics; Thrown stoneware bowl
- Brief description:
- White thrown stoneware bowl. Abstract resist design of blue and pale green to give a contrast of matt and shiny.
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2007
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 150
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 90
- Material:
- Stoneware
- Object name:
- Ceramics; Thrown stoneware bowl
- Object number:
- C1641
- Object production person:
- Grete Marks
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's birth date:
- 1899
- Person's death date:
- 1990
- Person's forenames:
- Grete
- Person's place of birth:
- Cologne, Germany
- Person's surname:
- Marks
- Owner:
- Frances Marks, London
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Ceramics
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/527000b7-f3e7-330f-a580-1746572937ab
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- Object name(s):
- Worldcraft; Totem-like carving of men, birds and beasts
- Brief description:
- Black argillite, totem-like carving of men, birds and beasts. Small section broken off.
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1925
- Acquisition method:
- Unknown
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 117
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 330
- Material:
- Argillite
- Object name:
- Worldcraft; Totem-like carving of men, birds and beasts
- Object number:
- WF13
- Object production date:
- 1801
- Date - association:
- C
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1801
- Date - latest:
- 1900
- Object production person:
- Haida tribe
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's place of birth:
- Canada, British Columbia, Queen Charlotte Islands
- Person's surname:
- Haida tribe
- Object production place:
- Queen Charlotte Islands
- Responsible department/section:
- Worldcraft
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/109d3fc7-d0b7-3c75-951b-fdc5db67cffa
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- Object name(s):
- Weapons; dagger
- Brief description:
- Pointed metal blade with three carved bone bands around the handle, interspersed with two bands of coiled metal wire. In a leather sheath with two metal rings attached, and a metal tip.Condition - leather worn and cracked. Tip of blade broken, metal rusty.
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 347
- Material:
- metal/leather/bone
- Object name:
- Weapons; dagger
- Object number:
- WE14
- Object production person:
- Anonymous
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's surname:
- Anonymous
- Responsible department/section:
- Weapons
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/29d9fcb4-228d-3afd-8aba-981388647e39
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- Object name(s):
- Ceramics; Jug
- Brief description:
- Jug in red body with bulbous body and high neck handle plaited and daisy, hands and vine leaves stamped out and pressed on white slip at certain points
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1925-1935
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase?
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 200
- Material:
- Earthenware, slipware
- Object name:
- Ceramics; Jug
- Object number:
- C608
- Object production date:
- 1800
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1800
- Date - latest:
- 1899
- Object production person:
- Anonymous
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's surname:
- Anonymous
- Object production place:
- UK, England, Lancashire?
- Responsible department/section:
- Ceramics
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/48a8737d-c7e1-31d6-aef8-5af96e5dbe6b
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- Title:
- Pears
- Object name(s):
- Prints
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2015
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 390
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 301
- Material:
- Colour mezzotint
- Object name:
- Prints
- Object number:
- PR3982
- Object production date:
- 1985
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1985
- Object production person:
- Sharon Aivaliotis
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- Printmaker. Studied at St Martin’s School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. In 1982 she was awarded the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Printmakers Award, and she has works in the British Council Art Collection. In 1990 she became a member of the London Group, a prestigious group whose other past members include the likes of David Hockney and Augustus John.
- Person's birth date:
- 1951
- Person's forenames:
- Sharon
- Person's place of birth:
- Trinidad
- Person's surname:
- Aivaliotis
- Object production place:
- UK, England
- Owner:
- David Breeze, Slough
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
- Text:
- From an edition of 100
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4ed41e52-f501-30b4-a5cb-b02c37932362
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- Title:
- Scraps of Nature
- Object name(s):
- Prints
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2017
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 142
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 131
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, lower left margin) Pollards, (pencil, lower right margin) p.12
- Material:
- Etching
- Object name:
- Prints
- Object number:
- PR4245
- Object production date:
- 1864
- Date - association:
- Publication date
- Object production date:
- 1864
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1864
- Object production organisation:
- The Art Union
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Robert Brandard
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- Printmaker
- Person's birth date:
- 1805
- Person's death date:
- 1862
- Person's forenames:
- Robert
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, England, Birmingham
- Person's place of death:
- UK, England, London
- Person's surname:
- Brandard
- Object production place:
- UK, England, London
- Owner:
- John Andrew Doyle (1844-1907) of Pendarren, Crickhowell, via Aberystwyth University Library External Store
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
- Text:
- The original plate was etched by Brandard between 1842 and 1851. One of 17 etchings (originally 34) from a disbound folio 'Scraps of Nature' published posthumously by the Art Union.
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/90ffe21c-a477-33cb-a70c-08d9057d2e47
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- Title:
- Scraps of Nature
- Object name(s):
- Prints
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2017
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 140
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 120
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, lower left margin) Shrimper, (pencil, lower right margin) p.13
- Material:
- Etching
- Object name:
- Prints
- Object number:
- PR4244
- Object production date:
- 1864
- Date - association:
- Publication date
- Object production date:
- 1864
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1864
- Object production organisation:
- The Art Union
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Robert Brandard
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- Printmaker
- Person's birth date:
- 1805
- Person's death date:
- 1862
- Person's forenames:
- Robert
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, England, Birmingham
- Person's place of death:
- UK, England, London
- Person's surname:
- Brandard
- Object production place:
- UK, England, London
- Owner:
- John Andrew Doyle (1844-1907) of Pendarren, Crickhowell, via Aberystwyth University Library External Store
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
- Text:
- The original plate was etched by Brandard between 1842 and 1851. One of 17 etchings (originally 34) from a disbound folio 'Scraps of Nature' published posthumously by the Art Union.
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/917eea38-1905-3a4b-85f9-e46be5ab7a99
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- Title:
- Self-Portrait
- Object name(s):
- Prints
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2007
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 204
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 253
- Material:
- Etching
- Object name:
- Prints
- Object number:
- PR4450
- Object production date:
- 1954
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1954
- Object production person:
- Francis Rudolph
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1921
- Person's death date:
- 2005
- Person's forenames:
- Francis
- Person's place of birth:
- Latvia, Ventspils
- Person's place of death:
- UK, England, London, Wandsworth
- Person's surname:
- Rudolph
- Object production place:
- UK, England, London
- Owner:
- The artist's estate
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
- Text:
- From an edition of 4 over 3 states. On copper, plate destroyed. Printed at Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. Developed from a drawing dated 1946. Francis Rudolph Catalogue Raisonné: No. 8
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e3ec2b05-843a-347a-a704-e59d3356191a
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- Title:
- Nude Woman
- Object name(s):
- Prints
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2007
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 200
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 253
- Material:
- Etching
- Object name:
- Prints
- Object number:
- PR4481
- Object production date:
- 1954
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1954
- Date - latest:
- 1955
- Object production person:
- Francis Rudolph
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1921
- Person's death date:
- 2005
- Person's forenames:
- Francis
- Person's place of birth:
- Latvia, Ventspils
- Person's place of death:
- UK, England, London, Wandsworth
- Person's surname:
- Rudolph
- Object production place:
- UK, England, London
- Owner:
- The artist's estate
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
- Text:
- From an edition of 15 over 4 states. On copper, plate destroyed. Drawn straight onto the plate from a life class at Central School of Arts and Crafts. Francis Rudolph Catalogue Raisonné: No. 30
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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- Title:
- Harlech - Third Colour / Shape 30 October 1977
- Object name(s):
- WaterColourOrDrawings
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2018
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Material:
- Acrylic on Paper
- Object name:
- WaterColourOrDrawings
- Object number:
- WD1308
- Object production date:
- 1977
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1977
- Object production person:
- David Tinker
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter, sculptor and stage designer. Son of a naval engineer. Studied at Winchester and Bath Colleges of Art, 1941-42, and the Slade 1946-49. Served in the Navy during the Second World War. Taught at Cardiff College of Art, 1949-62, and at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1962-86, where he was Director of the Visual Art Department from 1973 until 1986. Founder member of the 56 Group Wales. Produced abstract paintings and relief sculptures as well as a series of sculpted heads
- Person's birth date:
- 1924
- Person's death date:
- 2000
- Person's forenames:
- David
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, England, London, Charlton
- Person's place of death:
- Cardiff
- Person's surname:
- Tinker
- Owner:
- Tracy Tinker
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- WaterColourOrDrawings
- Text:
- Acrylic on Paper studies for Haf, a Large acrylic on Canvas mural for Coleg Harlech commissioned by the Contemporary Art Society for Wales and subsequently transferred to Aberystwyth.
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2ab0c380-5a34-3688-b630-6f7529ca4998
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- Title:
- Iconocross I
- Object name(s):
- Prints; Abstract with a black cross on a silver-grey background
- Brief description:
- Minimalist / Geometric abstract with a black cross on a silver-grey background. Designed on a grid format. Some gradation of tone within the silver-grey
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1981
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 510
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 510
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, lower left margin) Richard Allen [artist\'s sigature] 1979., (pencil, lower centre margin) Iconocross I, (pencil, lower right margin) 20/100
- Material:
- Half tone colour screenprint, in black and silver-grey, on white wove paper
- Object name:
- Prints; Abstract with a black cross on a silver-grey background
- Object number:
- PR932
- Object production date:
- 1979
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1979
- Date - latest:
- 1979
- Object production person:
- Richard Allen
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter and printmaker. He first worked in agriculture before studying at Worcester School of Art, 1955, and at the Bath Academy of Art, 1957-60. He taught full-time at Croydon College of Art, 1962-66, and part-time at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1991-97. He made optical and minimalist abstracts
- Person's birth date:
- 1933
- Person's death date:
- 1999
- Person's forenames:
- Richard
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, England, Worcester
- Person's place of death:
- London
- Person's surname:
- Allen
- Object production place:
- UK, England
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
- Text:
- Number 20 of an edition of 100
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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- Title:
- Stonehenge
- Object name(s):
- Prints
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2020
- Acquisition method:
- Transfer of title
- Material:
- Etching
- Object name:
- Prints
- Object number:
- PR5106
- Object production date:
- 1941
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1941
- Date - latest:
- 1971
- Object production person:
- Keith R. Armour
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- Printmaker and teacher (born 1931), who studied at Leeds and the Royal College of Art. From the late 1950s he exhibited with St George's Gallery, London. He was included in the British Printmakers Exhibition in 1962-1963 and in 1964 in the Teaching Image, work by staff of Leeds College of Art, 1964, at Leeds city Art Gallery. His work is in public collections and held solo exhibitions internationally in New York and Hong Kong. After the death of his wife in the early 1980s Armour went to the Far East and subsequently died.
- Person's birth date:
- 1931
- Person's forenames:
- Keith R.
- Person's surname:
- Armour
- Object production place:
- UK, England
- Owner:
- Derbyshire and Derby School Library Service
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a0937ca3-e9b3-3a5c-ae36-7fdd8e2dc750
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- Title:
- Waiting for the Sheep Show
- Object name(s):
- Prints; Five sheep seated on the ground wearing covers
- Brief description:
- Five sheep seated on the ground wearing covers in preparation for an agricultural show. The sheep lie on a bed of hay wearing covers which include cutouts for their mouths, eyes and ears
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2004
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 177
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 118
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, lower left margin) Waiting for the Sheep Show, (pencil, lower centre margin) 11/80, (pencil, lower right margin) Rorer [artist's signature]
- Material:
- Wood engraving in black on white wove paper
- Object name:
- Prints; Five sheep seated on the ground wearing covers
- Object number:
- PR2862
- Object production date:
- 2000
- Date - association:
- C
- Date - earliest / single:
- 2000
- Date - latest:
- 2004
- Object production person:
- Abigail Rorer
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Printmaker. Studied at Rhode Island School of Design, 1971. Rorer is the founder and proprietor of The Lone Oak Press in Petersham, Massachusetts, established in 1989. She has published limited edition books, broadsides and fine-press and also illustrates for other publishers. Rorer\'s work is held in private collections, libraries and museums around the world
- Person's birth date:
- 1949
- Person's forenames:
- Abigail
- Person's place of birth:
- USA, Pennsylvania, Norristown
- Person's surname:
- Rorer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Owner:
- Society of Wood Engravers Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8684a5e6-2bdb-31bb-9c46-a441a6fc7f0c
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- Title:
- Social Sciences Tower, U.C.W. Aberystwyth 1978
- Object name(s):
- Photography; Modern architecture, Llandinam Building, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Brief description:
- Modern architecture, Llandinam Building, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. A large modern building with an overhanging concrete tower with rows of windows on two sides. Clear sky. Upward camera angle. Black and white image with a range of tones
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1986
- Acquisition funding source:
- Catherine Lewis Trust
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 279
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 379
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, mount, verso) GWYN MARTIN ''COLLEGE TOWER'' Aberystwyth Camera Club. / No.1., (black felt tip, mount, verso) 47, (blue ballpoint ink, mount, verso) 55 [on label], (printed and typed text, label, mount, verso) THE WELSH PHOTOGRAPHIC FEDERATION ENTERED for the 1980 MEMORIAL TROPHY COMPETITION JUDGE: Ian W. Platt, Esq., FRPS, APSA, EFIAP Print No.
- Material:
- Silver print on Kodak WFL 2D matt paper mounted on cream card
- Object name:
- Photography; Modern architecture, Llandinam Building, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Object number:
- PH401
- Object production date:
- 1978
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1978
- Date - latest:
- 1978
- Object production person:
- Gwyn Martin
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Photographer. After leaving school he served in the Second World War as a navigator in the RAF. He partook in 50 bombing raids in Europe until shot down in Norway in 1942 whereafter he was held for two and a half years in the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III. After the war he trained as a pharmacist and played rugby for Cardiff. From 1948 he became a partner in his father-in-law\'s chemist shop, Taylor Lloyd Ltd., in Aberystwyth. He was a member of the Aberystwyth Camera Club, serving as President from 1958, and photographed people, places and natural forms in and around Aberystwyth and also in South Africa. His autobiography, from 1939-1945, \'Up and Under\', was published in 1989 and the photo book \'A Stroll around the Harbour\' was published in 2004.
- Person's birth date:
- 1921
- Person's death date:
- 2001
- Person's forenames:
- Gwyn
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Rhondda, Penygraig
- Person's place of death:
- Aberystwyth
- Person's surname:
- Martin
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
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- Title:
- What is the Time Then?, Galeria Colonna, Via del Corso, Roma, 1989
- Object name(s):
- Photography; Two young men viewed in silhouette
- Brief description:
- Two young men viewed in silhouette, Galeria Colonna, Rome. The men are viewed from the knees up silhouetted against bright sunlight. Both wear jackets and the figure on the right, viewed in profile, raises his left hand to view the time on a wrist watch. In the background, on the left and right, are the bases of two large columns. High contrast black and white image
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1999
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 470
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 320
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, verso) WHAT IS THE TIME THEN (GALLERIA, VIA DEL CORSO, ROMA, 1989) / ALISTAIR CRAWFORD / Alistair Crawford [artist's signature], (printed text, labels, verso) R.P.S. 1991 INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBN 384 / Alistair Crawford Visual Art Department University College of Wales Llanbadarn Road Aberystwyth SY23 7HB Phone 0970 3339
- Material:
- Silver print on matt paper
- Object name:
- Photography; Two young men viewed in silhouette
- Object number:
- PH965
- Object production date:
- 1989
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1989
- Date - latest:
- 1989
- Object production person:
- Alistair Crawford
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter, printmaker, photographer, writer and performance artist. Studied textiles at Glasgow School of Art, 1962-66. Taught Textiles at the University of Leeds, 1968-71, and Graphic Design at Coventry Polytechnic, 1971-73, before teaching at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1974-2001, where he acted as Head of Department, 1986-95, and was awarded a Professorship in 1990. He has also worked as an Archive Research Fellow at the British School at Rome. Crawford has exhibited with the 56 Group Wales and in 1985 he won the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod. His written research includes monographs on the photographers Mario Giacomelli and Erich Lessing. His practical work - photography, etchings and paintings - is generally inspired by architecture, places and people
- Person's birth date:
- 1945
- Person's forenames:
- Alistair
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Scotland, Fraserburgh
- Person's surname:
- Crawford
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/87f67e81-b2f0-3357-942c-34a2c731105a
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- Object name(s):
- Photography; Women washing clothes, Lhasa, Tibet
- Brief description:
- Women washing clothes, Lhasa, Tibet. Two women, one seated on a stone step the other crouching, wash clothes in three patterned bowls. The women smile and look towards the viewer. On the right is a churn. Behind the women is an open doorway, topped with a canopy, with script written on the door. Through the doorway is a sparse interior and a sunlit man, woman and child in a second doorway. Black and white image with a range of tones
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1990
- Acquisition funding source:
- Catherine Lewis Trust
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 377
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 276
- Inscription content:
- (black ink, verso) WASHDAY. LHASA. TIBET. / H/50/12
- Material:
- Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
- Object name:
- Photography; Women washing clothes, Lhasa, Tibet
- Object number:
- PH655
- Object production date:
- 1980
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1980
- Date - latest:
- 1990
- Object production person:
- Rudy Lewis
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Photographer. Worked as a technician at the School of Art, 1990-2001. He lives and works in Aberystwyth but has photographed people and places in the USA, South America, East Africa, the Himalayas, India and the Far East. He had a one-man show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 1991
- Person's birth date:
- 1939
- Person's forenames:
- Rudy
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Person's surname:
- Lewis
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0498bfbc-b912-3148-a689-e1042f4823a9
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- Object name(s):
- Oil Paintings; Study of a nude female
- Brief description:
- Study of a nude female. An unfinished full-length study of a seated, young, nude, brunette woman. She is viewed side-on, in profile, resting her forearms on her thighs and slightly raising her head to glance upwards. A dark green and red background creates a chiaroscuro effect. Thinly applied paint with glazes. Damage to corners of canvas
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1882
- Acquisition method:
- Bequest
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 484
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 650
- Inscription content:
- (grey ink and red typed ink, label, verso) Unfinished sketch. Etty / GEORGE ERNEST JOHN POWELL, NANT-EOS (Aberystwyth)
- Material:
- Oil on canvas, framed
- Object name:
- Oil Paintings; Study of a nude female
- Object number:
- OP36
- Object production date:
- 1810
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1810
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Object production person:
- William Etty (school of)
- Person's association:
- artist (after)
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter. Started as an apprentice in printing works. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools, 1807, and under his uncle Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) for a year. He visited Italy between 1822 and 1824 but was based mainly in London. He painted historical and mythological subjects and, particularly, the female nude. His works of the latter subject were occasionally criticised for alleged indecency
- Person's birth date:
- 1787
- Person's death date:
- 1849
- Person's forenames:
- William
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, England, York
- Person's place of death:
- York
- Person's surname:
- Etty (school of)
- Object production place:
- UK, England
- Owner:
- George Powell
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Oil Paintings
- Text:
- The following is a quote from correspondence from Henry Bird to David Tinker: ''There was a College Collection.... kept in a room that was always locked except on rare occasions.... I also remember pulling out a painting from behind a book-case, brushing off a very thick layer of dust & disclosing an Etty life-study.'' Bird lectured in art history at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1936-1941.
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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- Title:
- Man and Birds
- Object name(s):
- Prints
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2016
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Material:
- Lithograph in black and red
- Object name:
- Prints
- Object number:
- PR4146
- Object production date:
- 1940
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1940
- Date - latest:
- 1970
- Object production person:
- William Kempster
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1914
- Person's death date:
- 1976
- Person's forenames:
- William
- Person's place of birth:
- UK
- Person's surname:
- Kempster
- Object production place:
- UK, England
- Owner:
- Vincent Barlow, Portsmouth
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6eed688b-27ef-3f84-89a7-359190375d4d
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- Title:
- Welsh Lady [A Map of Wales]
- Object name(s):
- WaterColourOrDrawings
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 2019
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Material:
- Pencil, pastel and watercolour
- Object name:
- WaterColourOrDrawings
- Object number:
- WD1313
- Object production date:
- 1980
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1980
- Date - latest:
- 1989
- Object production person:
- Paul Davies
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's birth date:
- 1947
- Person's death date:
- 1993
- Person's forenames:
- Paul
- Person's surname:
- Davies
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales
- Owner:
- Peter Davies, Newcastle
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- WaterColourOrDrawings
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c3e7e6e7-15c1-3fdd-9cfb-f7dd626ee945
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c3e7e6e7-15c1-3fdd-9cfb-f7dd626ee945, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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