- Object name(s):
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Study of a seated female nude
- Brief description:
- Study of a seated female nude. The young woman, viewed from the front in profile, sits on a mattress? with her left leg bent under her right thigh and her upper body supported by an outstretched left arm. Tonal drawing with soft hatching and white crayon highlights
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1993
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 312
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 238
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, upper right corner) Oct 12th 31
- Material:
- Pencil and white crayon on grey laid Ingres paper
- Object name:
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Study of a seated female nude
- Object number:
- WD634
- Object production date:
- 1931
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1931
- Date - latest:
- 1931
- 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:
- WaterColourOrDrawings
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/57863bb9-918f-3c2d-b464-c19700165b15
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/57863bb9-918f-3c2d-b464-c19700165b15, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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