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- 1999-2000 (Creation)
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Letters relating to the compilation and publication of Welsh Artists Talking, edited by Tony Curtis and published by Seren Books in 2000. Correspondents comprise artist Alfred Janes (letter from Curtis to Janes), Oliver Fairclough, Keeper of Art at the (then) National Museum & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, artist Arthur Giardelli, painter Emrys Williams and sculptor, artist and teacher Lois Williams, the latter enclosing the interview conducted between her and Tony Curtis for Welsh Artists Talking (with amendments in Lois Williams's hand).
For the publication see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/welsh-artists-talking/.
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Dated correspondence arranged chronologically. Undated letter kept at rear of sequence.
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Artist Arthur Giardelli was born in Stockwell, London and moved to Wales in the 1940s. In 1948 he was one of the founders of the South Wales Group of artists, which later became The Welsh Group, and also of 56 Group Wales, of which he became president towards the end of his life. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Giardelli)
For Oliver Fairclough see, for example: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oliver-fairclough-9b58a142?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Oliver-Fairclough/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AOliver+Fairclough
For the National Museums & Galleries of Wales (now a part of National Museum, Cardiff), see https://museum.wales/cardiff/art/
Artist Alfred Janes, who worked in Swansea and Croydon, is best known for his still lifes and portraits. He was a member of the 'Kardomah Gang', an informal group of young Swansea artists and writers that included the poets Dylan Thomas and Vernon Watkins, and the composer Daniel Jones. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Janes)
Sculptor, artist and teacher Lois Williams was born in Denbigh and studied at Wrexham Technical College, Manchester Polytechnic and Goldsmiths’ College, London. She uses a wide variety of found objects to create wall- and floor-mounted works. (https://artuk.org/discover/artists/williams-lois-b-1953)
Award-winning painter Emrys Williams was born in Liverpool and studied at Slade School of Fine Art. He moved to Wales in 1969 and has exhibited widely in both Wales and England. (https://emryswilliamsblog.wordpress.com/biography/; https://artuk.org/discover/artists/williams-emrys-b-1958)
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- Giardelli, Arthur, 1911-2009 (Subject)
- Fairclough, Oliver. (Subject)
- National Museum of Wales (Subject)
- Janes, Alfred George, 1911-1999 (Subject)
- Williams, Lois, 1953- (Subject)
- Williams, Emrys, 1958- (Subject)