Nationality Welsh Role Artist Name John Edwards | Movement Pure painting Known for Painting | |
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Awards Granada Arts Fellowship, York University. .British Prix de Rome, British School in Rome.Images of Wales, National Eisteddfod of Wales.Portraits of Welsh People, National Eisteddfod of Wales.Artist in Residence, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.Honorary member of York University.Welsh Arts Council travel scholarship. Died 2014, Rhiwfawr, United Kingdom | ||
John uzzell edwards welsh contemporary art
John Uzzell Edwards (10 October 1934 – 5 March 2014) was a Welsh painter. He was also the father of artist Charles Uzzell Edwards.
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- John uzzell edwards welsh contemporary art
- John uzzell edwards
- Early life
- Art work
- Later life
- Awards
- Selected exhibitions
- References
John uzzell edwards
Early life
Uzzell Edwards was born in 1934, in Deri; a coal-mining village in the Rhymney Valley. He attended Bargoed Grammar School and later took a series of jobs, where he was made redundant but made enough money to be able to move to Paris in 1956, where he could pursue his interest in painting, visiting galleries and museums in the French capital. However, he later returned to Wales, where he worked in Pembrokeshire and exhibited in Tenby.
Art-work
Uzzell Edwards was inspired by Welsh and Celtic art and craft, including Welsh quilts, Celtic crosses and stone inscriptions, mediaeval tiles and ancient manuscripts. He describes his technique as being concerned with pure painting'’, rather than picture making. He exhibited widely across the UK and internationally including the Inter-Celtic festival at L'Orient, Brittany.
In 1996 he was commissioned by the Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham to paint any Shakespearean character. He chose Owain Glyndŵr.
Later life
Uzzell Edwards lived and worked in Rhiwfawr and Tenby. In 1998 he formed Ysbryd – Spirit Wales, exhibiting with other Welsh painters including Brendan Stuart Burns and Martyn Jones. He died in March 2014.
Awards
Selected exhibitions
