School of Art

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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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[Portrait of a woman] WD716 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Portrait of a woman wearing a neck-scarf] WD730 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Portrait of a young man] WD703 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Portrait of a young man / youth] WD704 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Portrait of a young woman] WD700 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Portrait of a young woman] WD705 WaterColourOrDrawings

Rees Rees WD702 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Seated female nude] WD729 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Seated female nude] WD731 WaterColourOrDrawings

Self Portrait, Royal College WD1330 WaterColourOrDrawings

Self Portrait, Royal College WD1329 WaterColourOrDrawings

Self Portrait WD748 WaterColourOrDrawings

Self Portrait WD749 WaterColourOrDrawings

Self Portrait WD754 WaterColourOrDrawings

Self WD706 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Sketch of a reclining female nude] WD719 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Students and a model in a life class] WD806 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Students at work in a life class] WD799 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Studies of a standing male nude] WD710 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study / portrait of a young woman] WD788 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study / portrait of a young woman] WD796 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a ballet dancer] WD774 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a female head] WD755 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a female head] WD795 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a male nude seated on a stool] WD737 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a reclining female nude] WD743 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD717 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD732 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD733 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD734 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD750 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD751 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD763 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD775 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD779 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD785 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated female nude] WD786 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated girl] WD753 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated woman] WD768 WaterColourOrDrawings

[Study of a seated young woman] WD758 WaterColourOrDrawings

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