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  • George Chapman (1908-1993), an English-born artist, first came to south Wales in the 1950s. He found inspiration in the industrial landscape of south Wales, notably the Rhondda Valley, and moved to Wales in 1960. He won the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod in 1957 for his oil painting 'View in Merthyr Tydfil'.
'Going Home' (Trehafod) by George Chapman, 1960s (etching)
  • Edgar Holloway was a key figure in the etching revival of the 1930s.
'Self Portrait' by Edgar Holloway (b.1914), 1936
  • Frederick Richards was born in Newport and studied at the Royal College of Art under Sir Frank Short. He promoted and lectured on art education.
'Fiesole - near Florence No. 11' by Frederick Richards (1878-1932), 1916
  • Stanley Badmin was a painter, etcher and illustrator who studied at Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art.
'Swinbrook Bridge' by Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-89), c. 1930
  • Graham Sutherland and Edward Bouverie Hoyton were contemporaries at Goldsmiths College in the mid-1920s. This etching (made for his unsuccessful application for the Prix de Rome that year) was bought by Aberystwyth University from his first one-man show in the 21 Gallery in 1924 when he was still a student at Goldsmiths College.
'Adam and Eve' by Graham Sutherland (1903-80), 1924 (etching)
  • In the 1920s, Gerald Brockhurst's finely crafted etchings were the most sought after. Displayed at the 21 Gallery in 1924
'Najeda' - the ballerina, by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978), 1924