School of Art

Contact Details

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:

Ian Grainger

Born: 1942, Rhodesia   Died: 2007

Printmaker. Grew up in Rhodesia but moved to Britain in 1965 where he studied at Bournemouth and Sunderland. Thereafter he attended the Art Institute of Chicago, 1969-70, and won a Prix de Rome scholarship to study at the British School at Rome, 1971-73. On his return he took up a teaching post at Cardiff College of Art. He undertook a fellowship at Gregynog in 1981 and was a member of the 56 Group Wales. He lived and worked in Cardiff where he produced imaginative, detailed etchings. In 2009 Bay Art, Cardiff, and the University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, held a retrospective of his work

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Barry Island: A Welsh Landscape PR2656 Prints

Chocolate Box Art: Cadburys Punch and Judy Easter Egg Box PR2658 Prints

Chocolate Box Art: Toy Theatre PR2661 Prints

Chocolate Box Suite: Terrys No.1 PR2660 Prints

Chocolate Box Suite: Terrys No.2 PR2659 Prints

Chocolate Box Suite: Trapezium PR2657 Prints

Leaf Composition No.1 PR2662 Prints

The Fall No.1: Genesis Chapter 3: Verses 1-5 PR2650 Prints

The Fall No.2: Genesis Chapter 3: Verse 6 PR2651 Prints

The Fall No.3: Genesis Chapter 3: Verse 8 PR2652 Prints

The Fall No.4: Genesis Chapter 3: Verse 12 PR2653 Prints

The Fall No.5: Genesis Chapter 3: Verse 15 PR2654 Prints

The Fall No.6: Genesis Chapter 5: Verse 24 PR2655 Prints

Souvenir for a Welsh Abstract Expressionist WD947 WaterColourOrDrawings




 
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