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Object name(s):
WaterColourOrDrawings; Study of a standing male nude
Brief description:
Study of a standing male nude. Front view of a middle-aged nude man who stands with an outstretched left arm and with his right arm placed by his side. He slightly lowers his head and glances downwards. Tonal drawing with subtle hatching and cross hatching
Collection:
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
Acquisition date:
1993
Acquisition method:
Gift
Dimension:
Width
Dimension value:
382
Dimension:
Height
Dimension value:
560
Inscription content:
(sepia ink, upper left corner) WILLIAMS, (pencil, upper right corner) Mar 33, (pencil, left margin) Shade from the light into the dark the c[..]ing the light [...?] as well as the dark [...?]
Material:
Black crayon and pencil on cream wove paper
Object name:
WaterColourOrDrawings; Study of a standing male nude
Object number:
WD670
Object production date:
1933
Date - earliest / single:
1933
Date - latest:
1933
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/f494a18b-135c-33a4-be43-cae439e203fd

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f494a18b-135c-33a4-be43-cae439e203fd, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC

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