- Object name(s):
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Numerous sketches of kneeling figures
- Brief description:
- Numerous sketches of mostly kneeling figures. The figures are viewed facing the left margin with some standing and some kneeling in prayer. In the upper centre the figures converge to make a large group. Drawn in outline in pen and ink with selected areas of hatching. Central vertical crease
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1993
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 417
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 340
- Material:
- Ink on buff coated paper
- Object name:
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Numerous sketches of kneeling figures
- Object number:
- WD638
- Object production date:
- 1925
- 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
- Text:
- Possibly a preliminary study for the oil painting 'Christ Healing the Sick of the Palsy' (OP156)
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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