- Title:
- Great Hall, U.C.W., 1974
- Object name(s):
- Photography; Modern architecture, Great Hall, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Brief description:
- Modern architecture, Great Hall, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; foreground, paved area with steps; middleground, a large modern building with a glazed facade set in an angular concrete structure. Black and white image with a range of tones
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1986
- Acquisition funding source:
- Catherine Lewis Trust
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 351
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 275
- Inscription content:
- (black ballpoint ink, mount, verso) The great hall ABERYSTWYTH, (black felt tip, mount, verso) 48, (blue ballpoint ink, mount, verso) C.C. (printed and typed text, label, mount, verso) THE WELSH PHOTOGRAPHIC FEDERATION ENTERED for the 1975 MEMORIAL TROPHY COMPETITION JUDGE: J. Howell Esq. Print No. 37, (pencil, mount, verso) 9 [encircled]
- Material:
- Silver print on Kodak WFL 2D matt paper mounted on cream card
- Object name:
- Photography; Modern architecture, Great Hall, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Object number:
- PH400
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1974
- Date - latest:
- 1974
- Object production person:
- Gwyn Martin
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Photographer. After leaving school he served in the Second World War as a navigator in the RAF. He partook in 50 bombing raids in Europe until shot down in Norway in 1942 whereafter he was held for two and a half years in the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III. After the war he trained as a pharmacist and played rugby for Cardiff. From 1948 he became a partner in his father-in-law\'s chemist shop, Taylor Lloyd Ltd., in Aberystwyth. He was a member of the Aberystwyth Camera Club, serving as President from 1958, and photographed people, places and natural forms in and around Aberystwyth and also in South Africa. His autobiography, from 1939-1945, \'Up and Under\', was published in 1989 and the photo book \'A Stroll around the Harbour\' was published in 2004.
- Person's birth date:
- 1921
- Person's death date:
- 2001
- Person's forenames:
- Gwyn
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Rhondda, Penygraig
- Person's place of death:
- Aberystwyth
- Person's surname:
- Martin
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/86d337cb-d938-324e-bc09-c7bf3b62520b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/86d337cb-d938-324e-bc09-c7bf3b62520b, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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