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Draft and fair-copied typescript prose material by Tony Curtis, some items annotated, largely relating to the visual and literary arts in Wales, comprising:
Article titled '"Life's miraculous poise between light and dark" - Ceri Richards and the poetry of Vernon Watkins'.
Review by Tony Curtis of Ceri Richards by Mel Gooding (Cameron & Hollis, 2002) (https://pallantbookshop.com/product/ceri-richards/).
Piece titled 'Peter Prendergast: the Spiritual Painter', most likely the essay Tony Curtis contributed to The Painter's Quarry: the art of Peter Prendergast (Seren Books, 2006); together with proposal details, June 2002, for the book, including a list of potential contributors, and letters, 17 May 2002, 23 September 2002 and 11 March 2003, to Tony Curtis from Alun Gruffydd of Oriel Ynys Môn relating to a proposed exhibition and associated publication (presumably the volume mentioned here) about Peter Prendergast. See, for example: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-painters-quarry/9781854114099
Two articles written for the Lonely Planet guide to Wales, titled 'Visual Art in Wales' and 'Literary Wales', together with related email messages to Curtis from John King of travel guide publishers Lonely Planet.
Incomplete article relating to art and artists, title not apparent.
Thumbnail sketches of Tony Curtis and of a number of artists living and working in Wales relating to a 'One Wales art feature', possibly published in Poetry Wales magazine (see reference to a 'One Wales article' by Seren Books Poetry Editor Amy Wack under heading Heaven's Gate (Seren Books, 2001), Seren Books being the trading name of Poetry Wales Press).
Review of Here and Now (Seren Books, 2003) by artist, writer and lecturer Iwan Bala (https://inpressbooks.co.uk/products/here-and-now-essays-on-contemporary-welsh-art).
Biographical pieces relating to artists Vivienne Williams and Christine Jones.
Piece relating to the establishment of a Poet Laureate for Wales.
Piece relating to artist Josef Herman, possibly in relation to the publication Related Twilights: Josef Herman, Notes from an Artist's Diary (ed. Tony Curtis) (Seren Books, 2004) (https://inpressbooks.co.uk/products/related-twilights-notes-from-an-artists-diary). For Related Twilights, see also under heading Letters to Tony Curtis.
Transcript of an interview, dated (originally conducted?) 8 August 1990, between Tony Curtis and poet and writer Leslie Norris.
Short story titled 'H.M.S. Cassandra'.
One-act play relating to the artist Gwen John titled 'Gwen'.
Section of play which appears to relate to the artist Augustus John.
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The play 'Gwen' contains some French.
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For Ceri Richards, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceri_Richards
For Vernon Watkins, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Watkins
For Peter Prendergast, see, for example: https://www.peterprendergast.co.uk/
For Iwan Bala, see, for example: https://www.iwanbala.com/
For Vivienne Williams, see, for example: https://viviennewilliamsartist.com/
For Christine Jones, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Jones_(artist)
For Josef Herman, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Herman
For Leslie Norris, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Norris
For Gwen John, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_John
For Augustus John, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_John
For Mel Gooding, see, for example: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/03/mel-gooding-obituary
For the Lonely Planet guides, see, for example: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/
For Ceri Richards by Mel Gooding, see, for example: https://pallantbookshop.com/product/ceri-richards/
For John King, see, for example: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/7055305.John_King
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- Richards, Ceri, 1903-1971 (Subject)
- Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967 (Subject)
- Prendergast, Peter, 1946-2007 (Subject)
- Iwan Bala, 1956- (Subject)
- Williams, Vivienne, 1955- (Subject)
- Jones, Christine, 1955- (Subject)
- Herman, Josef, 1911-2000 (Subject)
- Norris, Leslie, 1921-2006 (Subject)
- Lonely Planet (travel guide book publisher) (Subject)
- King, John, Lonely Planet travel guide books (Subject)
- John, Gwen, 1876-1939 (Subject)
- John, Augustus, 1878-1961 (Subject)