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The Bard, 1774, by Thomas Jones (1742–1803). Welsh art is the traditions in the visual arts associated with Wales and its people.Most art found in, or connected with, Wales is essentially a regional variant of the forms and styles of the rest of the British Isles, a very different situation from that of Welsh literature.
The photographs by Thomas not only depict Wales during the nineteenth century but also provide a general illustration of the Victorian period. In an age when the portraiture was dominated by respectability, he chose to photograph ordinary people, with some of his less conventional portraits showing beggars, drunkards and vagrants.
John Harvey, Director of the Centre for Studies in the Visual Culture of Religion at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, described Evans as "a unique artist in Wales," and as "one of the finest painters Wales has ever produced". Evans's life and work was examined in the BBC Radio Wales programme All Things Considered in 2010. [5]
This is a list of notable artists who were born in Wales and/or known for their work in Wales, arranged alphabetically by surname (and period) This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Born before 1800 Thomas Barker (1769–1847), painter born in Pontypool Frances Bunsen (1791 ...
Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log house ...
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Visits by several members of the royal family and some television stars brought the crowds out across the country.
Salem is a painting of 1908 by the English painter Sydney Curnow Vosper, depicting a scene within Capel Salem, a Baptist chapel in Pentre Gwynfryn, Gwynedd, Wales.It is noteworthy as a depiction of Welsh piety, the traditional Welsh national costume, and for a contentious belief that the devil is depicted within it.