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Visual arts

Visual arts

The Cliff at Penarth, Evening, Low Tide by Alfred Sisley, 1897. © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. Acquired with the assistance of The Art Fund and the Gibbs Family Trust, 1993.

Last updated: 12 August 2009

Discover the life and works of artists from Wales, or those who found inspiration and renown in the country.

Kyffin Williams

Kyffin Williams

Augustus John

Augustus John

Alfred Sisley

Alfred Sisley

Ernest Zobole

Ernest Zobole

Josef Herman

Josef Herman

Artes Mundi

Artes Mundi


Arts blog

Our arts bloggers comment on the latest culture and entertainment in Wales: film and cinema, exhibitions, books and literature, comedy, television, events, festivals and more.

Nicola Heywood Thomas

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Your guide to everything from drama to dance, painting to poetry.

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TV & Radio Programmes

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  3. 2/5. Donald Macleod explores Satie's 'mystic' period of the 1890s.
  1. 7 days left to watch
    How Martin Luther had a profound effect on the development of sacred music.
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    Thomas Tallis and William Byrd were important composers in England's musical Renaissance.
  3. 7 days left to watch
    Simon Russell Beale explores Renaissance Rome and the music of the enigmatic Palestrina.
  4. 7 days left to watch
    Simon Russell Beale visits Notre Dame and finds the key to the development of polyphony.

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