- Title:
- Three Musicians
- Object name(s):
- Oil Paintings; Interior with three musicians
- Brief description:
- Interior with three female musicians; foreground, on the left, a table, in the centre, a chair supporting a music score, on the right, a seated woman playing a cello; middleground, on the left, a woman playing a piano, on the right, a seated woman in a blue dress playing a violin; background, interior with roof beams, three pictures and two windows the latter either side of a fireplace. Painted in dark subdued tones. Two small scratches
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1993
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 1220
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 1020
- Material:
- Oil on canvas, framed
- Object name:
- Oil Paintings; Interior with three musicians
- Object number:
- OP141
- Object production date:
- 1930
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1930
- Date - latest:
- 1940
- 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, England, London
- Owner:
- Mair Rabagliati
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Oil Paintings
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b7487876-5db7-3d28-bd16-d64c41716433
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b7487876-5db7-3d28-bd16-d64c41716433, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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