Poem on His Birthday [6]

Ceri Richards (1903 - 1971)

Lithograph

1965

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
  • About the artist
    Born in Dunvant, a mining village near Swansea, Ceri Richards studied at Swansea School of Art. In the early 1920s, he attended the Royal College of Art where he later taught, in addition to teaching at the Slade and Chelsea School of Art. He often returned to the Gower Peninsula in Wales, which inspired his work. Richards became Head of Painting at Cardiff School of Art during the Second World War. In 1961 he won a gold medal at the National Eisteddfod and in 1962, won the Einaudi Painting Prize at the Venice Biennale. A versatile artist, he made prints, collages, reliefs, costume designs and paintings. He was a Tate Trustee from 1958 to 1965, and received a CBE in 1961. After Richards’ death, major exhibitions of his work were held in Cardiff, Chichester and London.
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    Subjects
    poetry, fish, heron, man, nude
    Materials & Techniques
    lithograph
  • Details
    Title
    Poem on His Birthday [6]
    Portfolio Title
    The Dylan Thomas Suite
    Edition
    VIII/X
    Date
    1965
    Medium
    Lithograph
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Marlborough Fine Art, December 1974
    Inscription
    bl: 6 br: Ceri Richards 65
    GAC number
    11752/12