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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

John Elwyn

Born: 1916, UK, Wales, Cardiganshire, Adpar   Died: 1997, Southampton

Painter and printmaker. Son of a weaver and amateur poet. Studied at Carmarthen School of Art, 1935-37, West of England College of Art, Bristol, 1937-38, and the Royal College of Art, 1938-40 and 1946-47. As a Conscientious Objector he undertook land work during the Second World War. After graduating he worked as a graphic designer before teaching at Portsmouth College of Art, 1948-53, and Winchester School of Art, 1953-76. He won the Gold Medal at the 1956 National Eisteddfod and designed theatre sets for 'Antigone' at the 1958 Eisteddfod. As an illustrator he produced work for the 'RadioTimes' and the 'Shell County Guides'. He painted scenes of Welsh chapel life and landscapes, the latter influenced by Neo-Romanticism and, during the 1960s, by abstraction

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

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[Study of a standing female nude] WD711 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD721 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD724 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD741 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD742 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD744 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD745 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD746 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD756 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD757 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing female nude] WD782 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing male nude] WD725 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing male nude] WD726 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing male nude] WD739 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a standing male nude] WD740 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a woman\'s head] WD767 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a young woman\'s head] WD764 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a young woman\'s head] WD770 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of an arm] WD718 WaterColourOrDrawings

Study of D.W.Reed WD714 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of the head of a girl] WD752 WaterColourOrDrawings

The Artist’s Legs, Trousers Rolled Up WD1334 WaterColourOrDrawings

The Artist’s Legs, Trousers Rolled Up WD1334 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Three studies of a standing male nude] WD736 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Three studies of a young woman\'s head] WD787 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Three studies of female heads] WD761 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Three studies of female nudes] WD720 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a male nude] WD747 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a pair of feet] WD781 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a reclining female nude] WD772 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a standing female nude] WD769 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a standing female nude] WD783 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a standing female nude] WD784 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a standing female nude] WD792 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a woman\'s head] WD699 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Two studies of a woman\'s head] WD780 WaterColourOrDrawings

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