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Press cuttings relating to a talk given by Tony Curtis at the opening of an exhibition of painter Ray Howard-Jones's works at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. The cuttings also show Tony Curtis's wife Margaret and Dr Kathy Talbot, then honorary curator of the museum and gallery. See also https://www.tenby-today.co.uk/news/successful-talk-on-ray-howard-jones-at-tenby-museum-456403.
Two copies of a lecture given, 16 November 2004, by Tony Curtis to the Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) titled 'Four Gold Medals - The 1960s', which references the four Gold Medals for Visual Art awarded by the National Eisteddfod of Wales to artists Ceri Richards, Josef Herman, David Jones and Merlyn Evans.
See also under heading Articles and essays by Tony Curtis.
For the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, see also April 2018 papers under heading Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) .
Draft and fair-copied copies of paper, titled 'Charles Burton: The Painting's in the Pity', given by Tony Curtis at a conference on the work of artist Ivor Davies ('Burnt Poetry': Ivor Davies and Destruction/Creation in Art and Word) held at Cardiff University, 27 February 2016 (see under section titled 'Hen Galan' at https://cardiffmemori.wordpress.com/page/4/). Drafts annotated/amended in the hands of Tony Curtis and that of his wife, Margaret Curtis.
Script of Foundation Course lecture on the theme of 'War', given by Tony Curtis as a tutor at, most probably, the then Polytechnic of Wales or, as it subsequently became known, the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).
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Born in Lambourn, Berkshire, Rosemary ('Ray') Howard-Jones was a prolific painter best known for her impressionistic seascapes and paintings of the coastline of Wales, particularly of the areas on and around Skomer Island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, where she lived from 1949 to 1958. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Howard-Jones)
Established in 1878, Tenby Museum & Art Gallery is the oldest independent museum in Wales. (https://tenbymuseum.org.uk/)
Dr Kathy Talbot is now a trustee of Tenby Museum & Art Gallery (https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/11350933.volunteer-award-for-former-tenby-museum-curator/; https://www.pslplan.co.uk/testimonial-museum/)
The Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) was established during the 1930s by, amongst others, Welsh-born painter Augustus John and Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden of Chirk Castle, a distinguished art collector and President of the Contemporary Art Society, with the inaugural meeting of the Society taking place in 1937. Its Constitution states that '[t]he objects of the Society shall be to foster and promote the maintenance, improvement and development of artistic taste and the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the arts among the people of Wales ...'. (https://casw.org.uk/about-the-society/)
For David Jones see, for example: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/david-jones-1370
For Ceri Richards see, for example: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ceri-richards-1836
For Josef Herman see, for example: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/josef-herman-1276
For Merlyn Evans see, for example: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/evans-merlyn-oliver-19101973
Painter and lecturer Charles Burton was born in Treherbert and studed at Cardiff College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Visual Art at the 1954 National Eisteddfod held at Ystradgynlais. (https://artuk.org/discover/artists/burton-charles-b-1929)
Artist and lecturer Ivor Davies was born in Treharris and studied at Cardiff College of Art, Swansea College of Art and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the 2002 National Eisteddfod, held in St Davids. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Davies_(artist))
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- Howard-Jones, Ray, 1903-1996 (Subject)
- Tenby Museum & Art Gallery (Tenby, Wales) (Subject)
- Curtis, Margaret (Subject)
- Talbot, Kathy, Dr (Subject)
- Contemporary Art Society for Wales (Subject)
- Evans, Merlyn, 1910-1973 (Subject)
- Richards, Ceri, 1903-1971 (Subject)
- Herman, Josef, 1911-2000 (Subject)
- Jones, David, 1895-1974 (Subject)
- Burton, Charles, 1929- (Subject)
- Davies, Ivor, 1935- (Subject)