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RCA 1969 May 17th to October 18th

87th Annual Exhibition 196 9 Royal Cambrian Academy of Art

Plas Mawr, Conway Telephone 3413

Admission Adults 2/- Children under 14 1/­ Season tickets $/-

Catalogue 2/-

3 General Information

Notice to Purchasers Restoration of Plas Mawr. - The President and Council of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art wish to The Council of the Royal Cambrian Academy has en­ thank all members of the public who have supported the deavoured to secured accuracy in the prices fixed by the Plas Mawr Restoration Fund. Artists, but is not responsible for any errors that may occur. Royal Cambrian Academy Art Classes. - These Classes in drawing and painting from life and still life are Intending purchasers must negotiate through the Curator. for adults during the winter months, beginning 1st A deposit of not less than 20 per cent. of the purchase October. Applications to join should be made to the price is required to be paid on all works directed to be Curator during early September. Fees, Three Guineas, marked as sold and the balance before the picture is payable in advance. removed. In SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES pictures may be removed before the end of the Exhibition.

Notice to Artists. L. Intending exhibitors at the Summer Exhibitions may obtain a schedule form from the The price in the catalogue includes the frame, except Curator during the month of March. where otherwise stated.

D~mage to Building.-The Council of the Academy A Red Star on a picture indicates either that it is sold or will esteem the co-operation of visitors in preventing is not for sale. damage by writing on the walls or cutting the woodwork, and also minimising the spread of litter. The copyright remains the property of the Artist unless there be special agreement to the contrary at the time of Cloak Rooms for ladies and gentlemen are provided off purchase. the Victoria Gallery. The Council of the Royal Cambrian Academy insure works Smoking.-ln view of the danger from fire, Smoking in against all risks whilst on exhibition. the building is PROHIBITED. The Royal Cambrian Academy does not undertake to Guides to the Building may be had at the entrance deliver any work purchased in the exhibition, but for the gate or from the Curator; THE ABRIDGED GUIDE is convenience of purchasers the Curator, on receipt of full Sixpence. THE NEW ILLUSTRATED GUIDE is One instructions, will arrange for an experienced firm to pack Shilling and Sixpence. POST CARDS are also on sale. and forward any pictures bought in the Exhibition, subject to the buyers undertaking to pay all charges for The Saxon Barton Prize is brought to the notice of such work. ~oung artists associated with the Principality. This prize ,s offered annually for the best work submitted to the Summer Exhibition by an artist who is not a member of a recognised Academy of Art or Art Society, and under 30 years of age, with the object of encouraging such artists to exhibit their work.

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ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF WORKS also theme " TODAY"

1 C. C. S. Lewis (A) ...... Four Shapes 25 2 R. Ostle (A) ...... Croeso, 100 3 J. Shore (A) ...... Ffrith Beach 20 4 J. Shore (A) ...... Red Motif. Variation No. 2 20 S M. Rennie (a) ...... Welsh Landscape £50 6 Mrs. J. Grant (a) ...... Spirals 12 7 M. Rennie (a) ...... Hands and Clavier £20 8 R. Ostle (A) ...... Bacon and Eggs 60 9 Kyffin Williams (A) ...... Crib Goch from Deiniolen £250 10 W. A. Boswell (a) ...... Still Life 10 11 G. A. Butler (A) ...... Seascape 25 12 Miss A. Hind ...... Trwyn Buarth 25 13 Will Roberts (A) ... Disused Colliery, S. Wales 50 14 A. Burgess Sharrocks (A) ...... Salmon Leap, the L/edr 15 15 Kyffin Williams (A) ...... Gwen £120 16 H. Roberts (A) ...... Chapel in Beaumaris £80 17 E. Scott Jones (A) ...... Winter Landscape £30 18 V. J. Wilson (A) ...... Tamar Valley, Early Morning 30 19 G. A. Butler (A) ...... Red Seascape 25 20 Kyffin Williams (A) ...... Snow in Nant Peris £250 21 Will Roberts (A) ...... Farm 50 22 Will Roberts (A) ...... The Farm Cart 50 23 Mrs. M. E. Ayrton (A) ...... Barmouth Estuary 35 24 Mrs. M. E. Ayrton (A) ...... Fiesta-A/tea 50 25 G. A. Butler (A) ...... Landscape 35 26 J. Hobart (A) ...... Gors Farm, L/andegfan 18 27 E. V. Forrest (A) ... The Mermaid Inn, Anglesey 30 Academician (A) 28 E. V. Forrest (A) ... Autumn Sunshine, L/anrwst 60 29 Kyffin Williams (A) .. Cloud above the Traeth £250 Associates (a) 30 D. Barron (A) ...... Smoke £50 Council 1969* 31 J. R. Webster (a) ...... Appollo 8 25 Others are open Entrants 32 F. Malins (A) ...... Nude 25 All prices are in guineas, except 33 W. A. Boswell (a) ...... Self Portrait NFS where otherwise stated 34 Mrs. M. Malins (a) ... Thames at Mapledurham 30

6 7 35 C. C. S. Lewis (A) ...... Lights in the Sky 20 69 K. Lek (A) ...... Penmarian 25 36 J. Hobart (A) ...... Cottage, Bodafon 12 f 70 A. R. Phillips ...... Winter in Radnorshire 40 37 G. A. Butler (A) ...... Landscape 35 71 H. L. Adamson (A) ...... Pattern and Sunlight £21 38 E. J. Dummett (a) ...... Y Cwmwl Gwyn NFS I 72 H. L. Adamson (A) ...... Breakthrough £15 39 W. A. Boswell (a) ...... ~ 73 P. Holloway ...... Study for Painting £15 Afon Artro and Llawr Llech, L/andanwg 15 74 V. J. Wilson (A) ...... 40 R. Owen ...... Evening Practice NFS Dark Sky over Welsh Hillside 20 41 E. V. Forrest (A) ... Welsh Hill Farm-Winter 60 75 V. J. Wilson (A) ...... Near St. Me/lion 20 42 E. V. Forrest (A) ...... 76 H. L. Adamson (A) ...... Quarry Works £21 Winter Sunshine, Beaumaris 27 77 F. Malins (A) ...... Nude 18 43 Kyffin Williams (A) ...... 78 R. A. Lumsden (A) ...... Welsh Blacks under the Moelwyns £300 Bird in the Bush (unframed) 10 44 A. Burgess Sharr~cks (A) ...... 79 F. J. Egginton (A) ...... The Prom, Rhos-on-Sea 19 Snow Scene, Fanmore, Co. Donegal 28 45 G. A. Butler (A) ...... Seascape 25 80 Mrs. G. Woodruff (A) ...... 46 G. A. Butler (A) ...... Landscape 50 Bantry Bay, Glengarriff, Eire 15 47 Kyffin Williams (A) ...... Plas Cemlyn £180 81 R. A. Lumsden (A) ... Coast Road (unframed) 8 48 E. V. Forrest (A) ...... Promenade, Llandudno 30 82 F. Malins (A) ...... Nude 20 49 V. J. Wilson (A) ...... Yellow Hillside 30 83 Mrs. B. D. Gregory (A) ...... 50 R. Ostle (A) ...... Death of a Senator NFS Winter, Llyn Gwynant NFS 51 E. V. Forrest (A) ...... Anglesey Lane-Winter 30 84 J. Bowes (A) ...... The Welsh Wh arf 18 52 J. Bowes (A) ...... Keswick, Cumberland 30 85 F. J. Egginton (A) ...... 53 W. A. Boswell (a) ... Bwlchgwyn, Denbighshire 15 Wet Day near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal 28 54 Mrs. J. Grant (a) ...... Distortion 15 86 A. R. Phillips ...... 55 Miss M. Blackburn (A) ...... Steps 18 The Severn from Breidden Hill, Mont. 40 56 J. Shore (A) ...... Red Motif, Variation No. 1 20 87 P. C. Connelly (a) ... Smithy Lane, Lancashire 8 57 J. Shore (A) ...... Ffrith Beach 20 Unframed ...... 7 58 A. Burgess Sharrocks (A) ... Rain over Tryfan 12 88 A. J. Taylor ...... Riddles Court, Edinburgh 8 59 Mrs. J. Grant (a) ...... Growth 15 Unframed ...... 6 60 Mrs. J. Grant (a) ...... Strata 15 89 F. J. Egginton (A) ...... 61 C. C. S. Lewis (A) ...... General Gordon (Tin) 25 Derryreel Lough, Co. Donegal 28 62 C. C. S. Lewis (A) ...... 90 A. J. Taylor ... Market Hall, Chipping Camden 8 Horizontal Form (Alabaster) 20 Unframed ...... 6 63 C. C. S. Lewis (A) ...... Helmet (Tin} NFS 91 Mrs. A. B. Moreton (A) ...... The Chorister (Terra Cotta) 50 L. 64 H. Riding (A) ...... Low Tide, Barmouth £20 ·1 92 Mrs. A. B. Moreton (A) ...... 65 S. Nesbit ...... lv1ajor Robert Hastings NFS The Bard (Terra Cotta) 50 66 Miss A. Hind ...... Anglesey Mill 25 93 V. J. Wilson (A) ...... Llandegla 12 67 E. J. Dummett (a) ...... 1 94 J. Bowes (A) ...... Landscape near L/angollen 12 Some aspects of the Countryside 50 95 J. R. Webster (a) ...... 68 Mrs. V. Pownall...... Figures on the Beach 10 Pont-y-Pair Bridge, Betws-y-Coed 26

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President : Kyffin Williams. 96 Mrs. D. E. Evans ...... Chrysanthemums 18 Vice-President : Jack Shore. 97 E. Scott Jones (A) ...... Brocklebank Dock, Liverpool £25 Hon. Treasurer : 98 E. Scott Jones (A) ...... Rainy Day on the Ferry £13 John Hobart. 99 Mrs. M. Malins (a) ...... River Scene, Mapledurham 30 Hon. Secretary : Mrs M. de/la R. Whitehead, S. W.A . 100 Miss D. Williams (a) ...... Norway Square, St. Ives, Cornwall £25 Hon. Legal Adviser : James Porter. 101 A. C. Browne (A) ...... W. Coast and Tasman Sea from S. Alps, New London Correspondent : Charles McConnell. Zealand NFS 102 Mrs. M. E. Ayrton (A) ...... Talyllyn Railway 18 Curator and Secretary : Frederic Lees. 103 P. C. Connelly (a} ...... Nude on red blanket 35 104 H. Harries (A) ...... Sa/em revisited 25 105 Miss M. Blackburn (A) ...... Pressures 50 Auditor : J. W. Thompson, F.A.C.C.A. 106 L. J. Carrol...... Wynnstay Arms, Wrexham 20 107 H. Harries (A) ...... Rhondda Skyline 20 Honorary Members : Marquess of Anglesey. 108 Miss M. Blackburn (A) ...... Square Flower 25 Lord Mostyn. 109 Mrs. M. E. Ayrton (A) ...... Roman Remains 40 Lord Howard de Walden. 110 V. J. Wilson (A) ...... Fields under snow 25 111 K. Lek (A) ...... March Sea 25 Lady Kilmuir. 112 S. Nesbit ...... Welsh Landscape 150 Sir Walter Mannington, P.R.A. 123 Jonah Jones (A) ...... Wynne LI. Lloyd, M.A. Visitation (Aluminium and Slate) £40 W. T. Gregory. EXHIBITION OF WORKS S. Colwyn Foulkes, O.B.E., F.R.I.B.A. theme "THE WELSH " Mrs. Dorothy Barton. 113 Mrs. A. E. Adair ...... L. Monroe, F.S.A., A.R.I.B.A. Phantasmagoria (Welsh Dragon) 10 Eric Brammall. Unframed ...... 8 114 K. Lek (A) ...... Welsh Dragon with Sentinels 40 C. F. Tunnic/iffe, R.A. 115 K. Lek (A) ...... Welsh Dragon 14 Bernard Dunstan, A.R.A. Unframed ...... 12 William Pickles, O.B.E. 116 C. C. S. Lewis ...... Welsh Dragon 20 117 C. Maddocks ...... The Welsh Dragon £10 Ellis Cemlyn Jones. 118 C. C. S. Lewis (A) ...... Welsh Dragon 25 Hon. Retired Members : W. McAllister Turner. 119 J. Hobart (A) ...... Variations on the Dragon 25 120 W. Rowlands ...... The Welsh Dragon £45 H. Conway Jones. 121 M. Rennie (a) ...... H. Workman. Dick or Harry? The Bosworth Fiasco £25 122 J. Shore {A) ...... Emblem 20

11 ) Academicians Academicians Adamson, H. L., Gian Afon Nant, Dwygyfylchi, Pen­ maenmawr, Caerns. 71, 72, 76. Jenkinson, G., c/o 41 Gain Lane, Thornbury, Bradford, Ayrton, Mrs. M. E., The Anchorage, Queen's Road, Yorkshire. Hoylake, Cheshire. 23, 24, 102, 109. *Jones , E. Scott, 18 The Fairway, West Derby, Liverpool Barron, D., Ivy Bank Cottage, Kelsall, Cheshire. 30. 12. 17, 97, 98. *Blackburn, Miss M., The Bend, Village Road, West Jones, Jonah, GMC. , Tyddyn Heulyn, Minffordd, Pen­ Kirby, Cheshire. 55, 105, 108. rhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire. 123. Bowes, John, 1 Cumberland Road, Southport, Lanes. Kinmont, D. B., St. john's College, Cambridge. 52, 84, 94. Lek, Karel, SWE., Studio House, Beaumaris, Anglesey. Bradley, Frank, Spring Cottage, Maynestone Road, 69, 111, 114, 115. Chinley, Derbysh(re. *Lewis, C. C. S., 21 Stocks Lane, Chester. 1, 35, 61 , *Butler, G. A., 4 Princes Avenue, West Kirby, Cheshire. 62, 63, 116, 118. 11, 19, 25, 37, 45, 46. Lumsden, R. A., 2 Laurel Grove, Bersham, Wrexham , Browne, A. C., Springbank, Appley Bridge, near Wigan, Denbighshire. 78, 81. Lanes. 101. Matthews, A. E., 16 Warren Road, Rugby, Warwick­ Egginton, F. )., The Mill, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal, shire. Eire. 79, 85, 89. Ma/ins, F., King's Mill Lodge, King's Cross Lane, South Fields, R. H., 46 Acreville Road, Bebington, Cheshire. Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey. 32, 77, 82. *Forrest, E. V., 73 Park Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, McConnell, C., Cottage, Kingsdown, Deal, Kent. Cheshire. 27, 28, 41, 42, 48, 51. Frobisher, Miss M., SWA., PS., Kingsley, High Street, *McIntyre, D., R.l., S.M.A., Penllyn Stores, Tregarth, Bushey, Herts. Bethesda, Caerns. Fuller, L. )., ROI., 3 Seagull House, The Wharf, St. Mostyn, Miss M., 3 Seagull House, The Wharf, St. Ives, Cornwall. Ives, Cornwall. Gregory, Mrs. B. D., BWS., Blentarn, Cadnant Park, Moreton, Mrs. A. Bertha, The Croft, Dale Hey, Hooton, Conway, Caerns. 83. Cheshire. 91, 92. Harries, H., Gian Aber, Buarth Road, Aberystwyth, Nash, Tom, Clydfan, Clarence Road, Llandei/o, Car­ Cardiganshire. 104, 107. ma rthensh ire. Hobart, John, Y Wern, Hwfa Road, Bangor, Caerns. Pride, Mrs. P. E., 1 Petyt Place, Chelsea, London, S. W.3. 26, 36, 119. *Ostle, R., Romany, Tregarth, Bangor, Caerns. 2, 8, SO. Howarth, C. W., Cartref Me/us Cottage, Llechwedd, Conway, Caerns. Pritchard, Gwilym, Rhos Cottage, Llanfaes, Beaumaris, Jaggar, Mrs. M., Croes Efa, Rhydwyn, near Holyhead, Anglesey. Anglesey. Reiss, G. F., 5 Kentrigg, Burnside Road, near Kendal, Jameson, K. A., 11 Hayes Way, Beckenham, Kent. Westmorland. Jardine, G. W., 19 Barmouth Road, Wallasey, Cheshire. Riding, H. L., Low Meadow, Grange-over-Sands, Lan­ cashire. 64.

13 Academicians Associates Roberts, Howard, 114 Road, L/andaff, Car­ Bartelt, E. R., Bryn Awe/, The Pant, L/andegla, diff. 16. Denbighshire. Roberts, Will, 10 Bilton Road, Neath, Glamorganshire. Boswell, W. A., 24 Hilltop View, Borras Park, Wrexham, 13, 21, 22. •.... Denbighshire. 10, 33, 39, 53. Rose, Miss E., 1 Warren Road, Hoylake, Cheshire. Campbell-Blair, Mrs. F., Argyle Lodge, Bangor, Caerns. *Sharrocks, A. Burgess, Cogwrn, Sychnant Pass Road, Connelly, P. C., 14 Holt Coppice, Holt Green , Aughton, Conway, Caerns. 14, 44, 58. Lancashire. 87, 103. Shore, jack, 11 St. George's Crescent, Queen 's Park, Dummett, E. ]., Singrig, Trefriw, Caerns. 38, 67. Chester. 3, 4, 56, 57, 122. Dutton, N., 81 Norfolk Road, Bryn Gryffydd Heights, Uhlman, Fred, R.B.A., L.G., 47 Downshire Hill, London, Wrexham. N.W.3. 1 Grant, Mrs. ]., Tile End Cottage, Tile House Street, Williams, Kyffin, Cefn Gadlys, L/ansadwrn, Anglesey. Hitchen, Herts. 6, 54, 59, 60. 9, 15, 20, 29, 43, 47. Harries, D. M., Bryn Awen, Fronheulog Road, Bwlchgwyn, Whitehead, Mrs. M. Della R., S. W.A., Crag Side, Wrexham. Penrhos Drive, Bangor, Caerns. Hiley, Miss M. B. G., 21 Eliot Bank, Forest Hill, Wilson , V. ]., 3 Drakefield Drive, Saltash, Cornwall. London, S.E.23. 18, 49, 74, 75, 93, 110. Jones, F. G., 43 Whipcord Lane, Chester. Woodruff, Mrs. Gladys, S. W.A., 10 Court/ands Cres­ Ma/ins, Mrs. M. (Academician Elect), King's Mill cent, Banstead, Surrey. 80. Lodge, King's Cross Lane, S. Nutfie/d, Redhill, Surrey. 34, 99. Yates , Mrs. A. , 72 Pixham Lane, Darking, Surrey. Parnell-Bailey, Miss E., The Almonds, No. 2 St. john 's Road, East Molesey, Surrey. Pritchard, Arthur G., Garreglwyd, Penmynydd Road, L/angefni, Anglesey. Rennie, M. ]., Flat 1, 9 Curzon Park, South, Chester. 5,7,121. Richards, A.]., 4 North Avenue, Exeter, Devon. Siseman, E. ]., 16 Queen's Road, Hoylake, Cheshire. Scott, ]. E., Taro, Prospect Drive, Coedpoeth, Wrexham. Williams, Miss Claudia, Rhos Cottage, L/anfaes, Beaumaris, Anglesey. Williams, Miss D., 90 Elsham Road, London, W.14. 100. Wall, Tom, 18a The Groves, Chester. Webster, ]. R. , 28 Y Rhos, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Caerns. 31, 95.

15 Other Exhibitors Adair, Mrs. A. E., Cwm Alisha/I, Llangollen, Den­ bighshire. 113. Carroll, L. }., 59 Upton Lane, Chester, Cheshire. 106. Evans, Mrs. D. Emrys, Hillside, Vyner Road North, Bidston, Birkenhead. 96 Hind, Miss A., Swn-y-Mor, Bull Bay Road, Amlwch, Anglesey. 12, 66. Holloway, P., Y Bwthyn, Llangoed, Anglesey. 73. Maddocks, C., 512 Maesyrhawdir, Newtown, Mont­ gomeryshire. •117. Nisbet, S., Glandwr, Penrhyncoch, Aberystwyth, Cardi­ ganshire. 65, 112. Owen, R., 65 Childwa/1 Lane, Woo/ton, Liverpool 25. 40. Phillips, A. R., 2 Sandhampton, Astley, Stourport-on­ Severn, Worcestershire. 70, 86. Pownall, V., Hoo/e Bank Cottage, Hoo/e Bank, Chester. 68. Rowlands, W., Bodneithior, L/anerchymedd, Anglesey. 120. Taylor, A.}., 2 Forest Close, Meo/s, Hoylake, Cheshire. 88, 90.

Hanging Committee 1969 Selection Committee 1969 Officers and Council-R.C.A.

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