Fiona McLees and Lucy Wood

Join us this Hay Festival Winter Weekend and be taken on a behind the scenes journey of the upcoming Amgueddfa Cymru exhibition, and explore fresh perspectives on the celebrated Welsh artist's work and life in the experienced hands of the senior curator of the exhibition Lucy Wood, and senior paper conservator at Amgueddfa Cymru Fiona McLees, and is a chance to gain fresh new perspectives on John’s work and her artistic legacy.

Gwen John, a groundbreaking modern artist. Gwen John’s work is both instantly recognisable and era-defining. She is known for the quiet strength of the solitary women in her portraits and the reflective stillness of her interiors. Gwen John defied convention to forge her own, independent existence. She trained at the progressive Slade School of Fine Art, then one of the few art schools that were accepting women on the same terms as men.

Ymunwch gyda ni ar gyfer Penwythnos y Gaeaf Gŵyl y Gelli wrth i ni fynd a chi ar daith tu ôl i’r llenni o arddangosfa sy’n dod fyny, gan archwilio persbectif newydd o waith a bywyd yr artist o Gymru trwy law profiadol uwch guradur yr arddangosfa Lucy Wood a Fiona McLees uwch gadwraethwr celf ar bapur yn yr Amgueddfa.

About the exhibition
Gwen John: Strange Beauties at National Museum Cardiff has been organised by Amgueddfa Cymru in partnership with National Galleries of Scotland, the Yale Center for British Art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. The exhibition is generously supported by Principal funder, the Colwinston Charitable Trust. Amgueddfa Cymru are also grateful for support from the Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity, Friends of Amgueddfa Cymru, Art Fund, Michael Marks Charitable Trust, The Finnis Scott Foundation and The Gibbs Trust.