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Costers at coconut shy

RICHARDS, Ceri
Costers at coconut shy
Image: © Estate of Ceri Richards. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 2044

Creation/Production

RICHARDS, Ceri
Education: Swansea School of Art; Royal College of Art Work: Cardiff College of Art; Chelsea School of Art; Royal College of Art; Slade School of Art Awards: CBE, 1960; Hon. D.Litt University of Wales, 1961; Hon.Fellow of the RCA Commissions: stained glass windows for Liverpool Cathedral and Derby Cathedral The landscape of the Gower was a strong source of imagery - much of his work was also inspired by poetry and music: a crowning achievement was the series of paintings and construction on the theme of Debussy's La Cathedrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
Role: Artist
Period: 1943

Measurements

Height (cm): 41
Width (cm): 61.4
Height (in): 16
Width (in): 24

Material

Oil

Location

on display

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  • Circus And Fairs
  • Contemporary Art Society For Wales (Casw)
  • Female Figure
  • Fine Art
  • Neo-Romanticism
  • Painting
  • Post 1900
  • Welsh Connection

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