Colour and Light: 50 Impressionist Works at the National Museum of Wales

by Ann Sumner (Author), Ann Sumner (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $4.70

  Did you know that one of the most important Impressionist collections outside Paris is at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff? Thousands of visitors have been delighted by the world-famous works of Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and more. Here is another opportunity to enjoy them in this beautiful, full-colour volume. The book sets the collection in its international context. It shows how rare appreciation of Impressionism was in Britain in its day - and the remarkable vision of the Davies sisters of Gregynog, who bequeathed the core of the collection to the Museum. They inherited the wealth their grandfather, David 'The Ocean' Davies of Llandinam, had accumulated building railways and docks in Wales during the industrial revolution. Their extraordinary foresight would eventually transform the art collections at the National Museum of Wales.