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Homage to Beethoven

RICHARDS, Ceri Giraldus

© Estate of Ceri Richards. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Richards was deeply affected by the death of Dylan Thomas in 1953 and produced a series of works in homage to the dead poet. This allegorical composition celebrates another of the artist's heroes, Ludwig van Beethoven. It juxtaposes two favourite themes. One of these is a musing woman, turning from a piano and a French horn to a sheet of music. The other is a pair of energetic galloping horses, ultimately derived from 'The Lion Hunt' by the French Romantic painter Eugéne Delacroix (1798-1863).


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 591

Creation/Production

RICHARDS, Ceri Giraldus
Date: 1953

Acquisition

Gift, 1956
Given by The Contemporary Art Society

Measurements

Height (cm): 127.3
Width (cm): 102.4
Height (in): 50
Width (in): 40

Techniques

canvas

Material

oil

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Art And Design Movements
  • Arts And Entertainment
  • Communities And Society
  • Contemporary Life
  • Fine Art
  • Music
  • Musical Instrument
  • Neo-Romanticism
  • Painting
  • Post 1900
  • Post 1945
  • Richards, Ceri Giraldus
  • Welsh Connection

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