Entrance to the National Museum and Gallery

The National Museum and Gallery of Wales (Welsh: Amgueddfa ac Oriel Genedlaethol Cymru) is a museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales. It is part of the Edwardian civic complex of Cathays Park, which includes the City Hall, Law Courts, what is now Cardiff University and a building for the Welsh Assembly. Its foundation stone was laid in 1912 but construction was delayed by the First World War and the National Museum was not open to the public until 1927, with some parts of the building being completed in 1932. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings and sculpture. ... Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² Ethnicity: 97. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Cathays is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ... Also City hall, the seat of municipal government. ... Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a university in Cardiff. ... The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established following a referendum on September 18th 1997. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...

The Museum is officially called 'The National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff', so as to avoid confusion with the wider network of National Museums and Galleries of Wales (NMGW), of which it is a part. The National Museums and Galleries of Wales are as follows: National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, Cardiff Big Pit National Mining Museum of Wales, Blaenafon National Woollen Museum, Dre-fach Felindre Welsh Slate Museum, Caerleon National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (opening 2005) Categories: Stub ...

Art collections

The collection of pre-18th century painting is notable for Poussin's Burial of Phocion, a French depiction of a classical subject and Jan van Capelle's A Calm, an atmospheric maritime scene from the Dutch Golden Age. There is a small collection of Renaissance art including paintings by Palma Vecchio and Amico Aspertini and a tondo by the workshop of Sandro Botticelli in which the master's hand can be discerned. The collection's holdings include a group of portraits of historical figures such as Oliver Cromwell and Katherine of Berain, and four imposing tapestries attributed to Rubens. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Les Bergers d’Arcadie. ... Phocion (c402 - c318 BC), Athenian statesman and general, was born the son of a small manufacturer. ... The Dutch Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance *French Renaissance *German Renaissance *English Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Palma Vecchio (1480 - July 1528), born Jacopo Palma, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school was born at Serinalta near Bergamo. ... A tondo is also a circular painting or relief carving. ... Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (little barrel) (Florence March 1, 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... This article is about tapestry the textile. ... The Adoration of the Magii, painted 1624. ...

There is a gallery devoted to the patronage of the Grand Tour, in particular that of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, who was nicknamed 'the Welsh Medici' for his lavish spending on the arts. Included is a portrait of Williams-Wynn in Rome with fellow Tourists by Pompeo Batoni, one of his second wife by Sir Joshua Reynolds and his chamber organ designed by Robert Adam. Another beautiful painting from this period is a portrait of Viscountess Elizabeth Bulkeley of Beaumaris as the mythological character Hebe, by the 'sublime and terrible' George Romney. In the 18th century, the Grand Tour was a kind of education for wealthy British noblemen. ... The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Portrait of Charles Crowle Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787), Italian painter, was born at Lucca. ... Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723–February 23, 1792) was the most important and influential of eighteenth-century English painters, specialising in portraits and promoting the Grand Style in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. ... The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the western musical tradition, with a rich history connected with the Christian religion and civic ceremony. ... Kedleston Hall. ... Beaumaris, Anglesey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In Greek mythology, Hêbê was the goddess of youth (Roman equivalent: Juventas). ... George Romney (26 December 1734- 15 November 1802) was a noted English portrait painter. ...

The collection of French art assembled by Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, granddaughters of the wealthy industrialist David Davies bequeathed to the National Museum in the 1950s and 1960s, make Wales's National Gallery one of international standing. It includes the largest group of paintings by Honoré Daumier in the world and the most important by Jean-François Millet in Britain. There are Monets depicting Venice, and versions of his Rouen Cathedral and Waterlilies, themes which the artist constantly returned to and reworked. Two very different Provençal landcapes can be found in Van Gogh's Rain at Auvers, painted in his final, tortured days, and Cézanne's arid Midday, l'Estaque. The two most famous works in the Davies Sisters' collection are La Parisienne by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and a version of Rodin's Kiss cast in bronze. David Davies (1818-1890) was a highly influential Welsh industrialist. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Honoré Daumier (portrait by Nadar) Honoré Daumier (1808 – 1879) was a French caricaturist and painter. ... Introduction The Sower. ... Claude Monet Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French impressionist painter. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Rouen Cathedral is a gothic cathedral in Rouen, France. ... Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... Self-portrait (1886) Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... Vase of Flowers (1876) Oil on canvas Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French painter who represents the bridge from impressionism to cubism. ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919) was a French artist who painted in the impressionist style. ... Rodins The Burghers of Calais in Calais, France. ... This article is about the sculpture created by Auguste Rodin. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ...

The art gallery has works by all of the notable Welsh artists, including landscapes by Richard Wilson and the pioneering Thomas Jones. There is a considerable body of work by John Gibson, Queen Victoria's favourite sculptor, and major paintings by Augustus John and his sister Gwen John, including the former's famous image of Dylan Thomas. Ceri Richards, an artist little-known outside Wales whose initial influence was Matisse but was inspired by Thomas's poetry to move towards a more sinewy abstract look, is represented here. The artistic output of David Jones is well-represented, but seldom on display owing to the fragile nature of his works on paper. Wales's most prominent living painter, Sir Kyffin Williams, also features in the collection. Richard Wilson (August 1, 1714 - May, 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. ... John Gibson, (June 19, 1790 - January 27, 1866), British sculptor, was born near Conway in 1790, his father being a market gardener. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ... Augustus John (January 4, 1878_October 13, 1961) was a Welsh painter. ... Gwen John (1876-1939) was a Welsh artist. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas, (Swansea, October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953 in New York City) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906). ... David Jones (1895-1974) was both an artist and one of the most important first generation British modernist poets. ...

The collection of 20th century art includes works by sculptors Jacob Epstein and Eric Gill and painters including Stanley Spencer, L. S. Lowry and Oskar Kokoschka. Works by contemporary artists are on rotational display, including those by Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Rachel Whiteread. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Sculptor redirects here. ... Jacob Epstein photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 - 19 August 1959) was an American-born sculptor who worked chiefly in England, where he pioneered modern sculpture, often producing controversial works that challenged taboos concerning what public artworks appropriately depict. ... Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (February 22, 1882–November 17, 1940) was a British sculptor, typographer and engraver. ... Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) was an English painter. ... Lawrence Stephen Lowry (November 1, 1887 - February 23, 1976) was an English artist born in [Barratt Street Old Trafford]], Manchester. ... Oskar Kokoschka (March 1, 1886-February 22, 1980) was an Austrian artist and poet, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. ... Lucian Freud OM (born December 8, 1922) is a British painter and printmaker. ... Sir Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, spy, freemason and essayist. ... Frank Helmut Auerbach (born April 29, 1931) is German-born, British painter. ... Whiteread at work Rachel Whiteread (born 1963) is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. ...

External links

• http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/nmgc/