Object: Dr Grace Mary Griffith

Title:

Dr Grace Mary Griffith

Object name(s):

Oil Paintings; Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly lady wearing a blue cardigan

Brief description:

Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly lady wearing a blue cardigan

Collection:

Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery

Acquisition date:

1993

Acquisition method:

Gift

Dimension:

Width

Dimension value:

505

Dimension:

Height

Dimension value:

605

Material:

Oil on canvas

Object name:

Oil Paintings; Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly lady wearing a blue cardigan

Object number:

OP154

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

Owner:

Mair Rabagliati

Organisation's association:

Object source

Responsible department/section:

Oil Paintings

Text:

Portrait of Dr Grace Mary Griffith MB BS (nee Gulston) (b. China, 7th May 1889, d.Suffolk, UK, 20th July 1970) of Warren Cottage, Tiger Hill, Bures, Suffolk. Dr Griffith was a physician who also managed the woodland around her home between 1935 and 1970 as part of the Tiger Hill Nature Reserve. Married Dr David Griffith (1889-1968).

Text reason:

Collections online text

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