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Were you transported to the wonderful world of Welsh legends by the iconic images of Margaret Jones?
Peter Stevenson guides us through her evocative images and explains why they came to define the mythologies of Wales
https://t.co/9CGsZkWl3D
#StoryOfWales
Come and have a look at Ruth Jên’s stall at our Christmas Fair where her collection of iconic illustrations will be on sale, including her famous work ‘Menywod Cymraeg’.
#ChristmasFair #Art #MenywodCymraeg
📍 National Library of Wales
📆 05.12.2019
⏰ 17:00 - 20:00
The artist Kyffin Williams died #onthisday 2006. Learn more about his work, and the collection which was bequeathed to the Library:
Kyffin project blog: https://t.co/PwP37o2qPS
The bequest: https://t.co/NRlDMGQ5y5
Drawings can teach us a lot about how people in Wales lived in the past. This collection of South Wales characters by George Delamotte, shows the dress of ordinary people at the beginning of the 19th century
Are you preparing your traditional costumes to compete in the @eisteddfod_eng next week? Here are some lovely images of traditional Welsh costumes from the Drawing Volumes: https://t.co/wme1q8GoA4
Being from South Wales, Caryl Roese was first introduced to Welsh Paintings per se by the Polish artist Josef Herman who she knew as a child in Ystradgynlais. Learn how the Roese Collection of Contemporary Welsh Paintings developed in her guest blog post - https://t.co/FY7m5zSDIG
Drawings can teach us a lot about how people in Wales lived in the past. This collection of South Wales characters is by George Delamotte, shows the dress of ordinary people at the beginning of the 19th century. #Archives30 https://t.co/HFmOqVEn4Q
Where did the Welsh costume come from? It’s mainly associated with Augusta Hall, who designed the costume to include a hat, petticoat and bedgown. In the 1830s Hall asked A. Cadwaladr to create a series of watercolours of Welsh county costumes. https://t.co/MXKtAJyp5T #Archives30
The renowned Polish-born artist Josef Herman escaped persecution during the Holocaust and moved to Ystradgynlais, a mining community in South Wales, in 1944. Many of his works are held at the Library. #HolocaustMemorial https://t.co/LCx5lxxrCb
Looking for something to do? Why not browse through the Library blog? It's full of interesting stories https://t.co/ni1k1ZTXOf