- Object name(s):
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Study of a woman's head
- Brief description:
- Study of a woman's head. She is viewed face-on glancing downwards. Only her face and neck is depicted. Tonal drawing with soft diagonal hatching. On the reverse is a cropped drawing of a male nude (lower half) who stands legs apart holding a long stick horizontally with both hands behind his back
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1993
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 195
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 220
- Material:
- Pencil on cream laid paper
- Object name:
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Study of a woman's head
- Object number:
- WD642
- Object production date:
- 1925
- Date - association:
- C
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1925
- Date - latest:
- 1960
- Object production person:
- Christopher Ivor Williams
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter. Son of distinguished painter Christopher Williams. Studied at the Central School of Art and Design followed by the Slade School of Art, University of London, where he won first prize for portraiture. He exhibited widely in prestigious solo and group shows in the UK, including the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. He shared his father’s penchant for portraiture and large-scale figure compositions, devoting the majority of his time in his later years to working on large religious subjects. His works are housed in the National Museum of Wales, the National Library of Wales, Newport Civic Centre, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, Bangor University, University of Wales Lampeter and Aberystwyth University.
- Person's birth date:
- 1908
- Person's death date:
- 1982
- Person's forenames:
- Christopher Ivor
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, England, London
- Person's place of death:
- Cardiff
- Person's surname:
- Williams
- Object production place:
- UK
- Owner:
- Mair Rabagliati
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- WaterColourOrDrawings
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4641d7ad-7957-3e00-a849-d5b880d277bd
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4641d7ad-7957-3e00-a849-d5b880d277bd, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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