- Title:
- Dr. Thomas Parry (1904-1985), Principal (1958-1969)
- Object name(s):
- Oil Paintings; Portrait of Dr. Thomas Parry
- Brief description:
- Three-quarter portrait of Dr. Thomas Parry. He is viewed seated in an armchair with his left leg crossed over his right knee and his hands, holding a mortar board, placed together on his lap. He wears a suit, a tie, a white shirt, spectacles and an academic gown. He has greying hair, a moustache and looks towards the viewer. In the background is a wall with, on the left, a vertical stripe
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1969
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 880
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 1140
- Inscription content:
- (paint, lower right corner) Alfred Janes 1969, (plaque, frame) Dr Thomas Parry MA Dlitt Celt FBA/Principal 1958-1969 (label, verso, stretcher) Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff/Alfred Janes 1974/Dr Thomas Parry/UCW Aberystwyth
- Material:
- Oil on canvas, framed
- Object name:
- Oil Paintings; Portrait of Dr. Thomas Parry
- Object number:
- OP55
- Object production date:
- 1969
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969
- Date - latest:
- 1969
- Object production person:
- Alfred Janes
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter. Son of a greengrocer. Studied at Swansea School of Art, 1927-31, and the Royal Academy, 1931-34. Served in the Second World War in North Africa, 1940-46. Taught part-time at Swansea School of Art, 1936-63, and later at Croydon College of Art. He was a friend of the writer Dylan Thomas. He painted still lifes, portraits and semi-abstract works
- Person's birth date:
- 1911
- Person's death date:
- 1999
- Person's forenames:
- Alfred
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Swansea
- Person's place of death:
- London
- Person's surname:
- Janes
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales?
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Oil Paintings
- Text:
- Dr. Thomas Parry was Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1958-1969
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/58287cc5-33d0-35cc-b5f2-3dc43731dfac, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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