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'Coedpenmaen English Baptist Chapel' by Esther Grainger (oils), 20th century
Esther Grainger (1912-90) was born in Cardiff and trained at Cardiff School of Art, before working as an arts and crafts teacher in the depressed communities of the south Wales valleys on behalf of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Council of Social Service during the 1930s. Through her association with other artists who were employed with the Educational Settlements at Pontypridd and Dowlais, she became involved in the work of the Merthyr Art Society and was secretary of the Welsh Federation of Music and Art Societies which was established in 1944.
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