JOHN PETTS (1914 - 1991)
A Centenary Celebration / Dathliad Camlwyddiant
December / Rhagfyr 2014
JOHN PETTS (1914-1991) A CENTENARY CELEBRATION / DATHLIAD CANMLWYDDIANT 29 November / Tachwedd - 31 December / Rhagfyr 2014
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This exhibition celebrates the centenary of the birth of John Petts. John Petts was one of the outstanding wood-engravers of the twentieth century. His prints feature the Welsh landscape and the people of Wales. He had learned wood engraving under Norman Janes at Hornsey College of Art in London, and engraving techniques under W.P. Robins at the Central School of Art. In 1935, John Petts and his first wife, the artist Brenda Chamberlain, abandoned their studentships at the Royal Academy Schools, London for a rundown farmhouse in Snowdonia. Here they established the Caseg Press in 1937. The press produced Christmas cards and bookplates, together with illustrations for the Welsh Review, a monthly literary periodical. A highly regarded and influential artist, John Petts became Assistant Director of Visual Arts for Wales, served on the Arts Council of Great Britain between 1958 and 1961, and was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1966. Elected to the Society of Wood Engravers in 1953, he also became an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers in 1957. The show features a large group of his exceptional and rare prints.
Mae’r arddasngosfa yma yn dathlu canmlwyddiant genedigaeth John Petts. Cydnabyddir John Petts fel un o engrafwyr pren gorau’r ugeinfed ganrif. Mae ei argraffiadau yn dehongli tirluniau a phobl Cymru. Dysgodd y grefft o engrafu pren yng Ngholeg Celf Hornsey yn Llundain, dan arweiniad Norman Janes, a dysgodd ei dechnegau engrafu yng Central School of Art dan arweiniad W.P. Robins. Ym 1935, gadawodd Petts a’i wraig gyntaf, yr arlunydd Brenda Chamberlain eu haddysg yn ysgol yr Academi Frenhinol yn Llundain er mwyn symud i dy fferm yn Eryri. Yno, sefydlodd y ddau Gwasg y Gaseg ym 1937. Cynhyrchwyd cardiau Nadolig a llyfrau, yn ogystal a darluniau ar gyfer ‘Welsh Review’, cylchgrawn llenyddol gan y Wasg. Roedd yn artist dylanwadol ac uchel iawn ei barch. Daeth John Petts yn Gyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol Gweledol Celfyddydau Cymru, gwasanaethodd Cyngor Celfyddydau Prydain Fawr rhwng 1958 a 1961, ac enillodd Gymrodoriaeth Churchill yn 1966. Etholwyd i Gymdeithas Engrafwyr Pren ym 1953, daeth hefyd yn Aelod Cyswllt o’r Gymdeithas Frenhinol y Peintwyr Ysgythrwyr & Engrafwyr yn 1957. Mae’r sioe yn cynnwys grwp mawr o’i brintiau prin iawn.
DEFAID NANT FFRANCON wood engraving 1939 13 x 10cm
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THE HORSESHOE RIDGE, SNOWDON wood engraving 1942 7.5 x 17.5cm
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ANGEL wood engraving 10.5 x 7.5cm
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DERWEN PANTGWYN (OAK OF PANTGWYN) wood engraving 1939 6.5 x 5.5cm
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HUW SCWD, THE RABBIT CATCHER linocut 1934 11 x 10cm
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BWLCH TYDDIAD, ARDUDWY wood engraving 1949 10 x 13cm
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DR HERBER EVANS (FROM STORIAU AM ANNIBYNWYR) wood engraving 1939 7 x 6cm
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NADOLIG LLAWEN:FUEL wood engraving 1937 13 x 10cm
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LION HOTEL, CRICCIETH wood engraving 5.5 x 9cm
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WELSH GIPSY GIRL wood engraving 1949 10 x 6cm
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FALLEN PINES wood engraving 1939 9 x 7cm
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DR THOMAS REES wood engraving 1939 7 x 5cm
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Y GRAIG YR YSFA, CWM EIGIAU wood engraving 1940 7.5 x 10.5cm
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NADOLIG wood engraving 1937 13 x 10cm
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Y TRYFAN A LLYN OGWEN, BWLCH NANT FFRANCON wood engraving 1937 7.5 x 12.5cm
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SQUIRREL hand-coloured wood engraving 1936 13 x 10cm
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THE WOOD CUTTER wood engraving 1938 12.5 x 10cm
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CNICHT wood engraving 1938 11 x 13cm
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ALUN LEWIS wood engraving 1941 13 x 11cm
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CAPEL PRESENNOL, LLANFACHES wood engraving 1939 6 x 8cm
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FISHWIFE OF YNYS MON wood engraving 1938 ed.30 11 x 7cm
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CWMHWPLIN wood engraving 1939 5 x 7.5cm
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STUDY FOR ‘AGAINST WOMEN’ GWYN WILLIAMS gouache and watercolour 1953 15 x 7cm
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ANN JONES wood engraving 1989 16 x 10cm
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CARNEDD DAFYDD wood engraving 1937 4 x 5cm
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THE SOWER wood engraving 1938 15 x 11cm
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THE THREE CRAGS wood engraving 1939 11 x 13cm
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ZARA, SIBYL wood engraving 1964 24 x 15cm
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THE BOATHOUSE, LAUGHARNE wood engraving 1989 ed.50 11 x 8cm
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FLOWER OF THE BONE wood engraving 1942 12 x 14cm
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EGLWYS Y PLWYF, LLANFACHES wood engraving 1939 6 x 8cm
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MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS wood engraving 1939 10.5 x 10.5cm
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MAES - YR - ONNEN wood engraving 1939 7 x 9cm
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ST. NICHOLAS four colour wood engraving 1948 13 x 9cm
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