Capel a Thomen
SHORT, Denys
Children are playing a ball game in a steep valley street, leading up to a Welsh chapel. Painted in about 1960, this work has an incredible poignancy in light of the 1966 Aberfan disaster, when a collapsed coal tip killed 116 children. Here, children play at the foot of the Chapel in the shadow of a looming tip – a precarious symbol of both community prosperity and unimaginable devastation.What street games do you remember playing as a child? How are things different today?
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Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number
NMW A 25830
Creation/Production
SHORT, Denys
Acquisition
Gift, Array
Rhodd Casgliad Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, 2002
Arts Council of Wales Collection, Gifted 2002
Techniques
Oil on board
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
Oil
Board
Location
In store
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