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The Welsh national collection of art is a unique resource documenting the history of art in Wales since the sixteenth century. As well as a major international British and European art, it illustrates the history and patronage of art collecting, mainly in Wales, over several centuries.
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Articles: A love for art: The Eric and Jean Cass Gift
3 May 2013[image: Miro poster from the 1970's]
Over the last 35 years, Eric and Jean Cass have established an outstanding and very personal collection of over 300 sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints and paintings.Articles: Shirley Jones and the Red Hen Press
18 April 2013[image: Red Hen Press]
An 'artist's book' is defined as one created or conceived by an individual artist. Some of the best contemporary examples from Wales are the works of Shirley Jones.Articles: David Jones (1895-1974)
4 April 2013[image: David Jones, image courtesy of Western Mail picture library ]
David Jones was more profoundly influenced throughout his life by the landscape, language and myths of Wales than any of his contemporaries. An extraordinary and multi-talented man, he occupies a unique place in twentieth-century British art, and is often called the greatest painter-poet since William Blake.Interactives: Explore the paintings: Margam House, Glamorgan
17 October 2012
Articles
Articles: A love for art: The Eric and Jean Cass Gift
3 May 2013[image: Miro poster from the 1970's]
Over the last 35 years, Eric and Jean Cass have established an outstanding and very personal collection of over 300 sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints and paintings.Articles: Shirley Jones and the Red Hen Press
18 April 2013[image: Red Hen Press]
An 'artist's book' is defined as one created or conceived by an individual artist. Some of the best contemporary examples from Wales are the works of Shirley Jones.Articles: David Jones (1895-1974)
4 April 2013[image: David Jones, image courtesy of Western Mail picture library ]
David Jones was more profoundly influenced throughout his life by the landscape, language and myths of Wales than any of his contemporaries. An extraordinary and multi-talented man, he occupies a unique place in twentieth-century British art, and is often called the greatest painter-poet since William Blake.Articles: Graham Sutherland: Artist in Focus
14 May 2012Articles: John Piper: A Journey Through Snowdonia
27 April 2012
Galleries
Galleries: Durga
10 March 2010[image: Durga]
In the spring of 2009, two artists from India created beautiful images of the Goddess Durga and her family at St Fagans: National History Museum.
Galleries: Faces of Wales gallery
27 July 2007[image: Mary Evans]
This gallery introduces you to the most fascinating 'faces of wales', including faces from the world of politics, the theatre, sports and literature - all men and women who in their time changed the face of Wales.
Galleries: Botanical illustrations
13 July 2007[image: ]
A selection of sumptuous botanical illustrations from the collections at Amgueddfa Cymru.
Interactives
Interactives: Explore the paintings: Margam House, Glamorgan
17 October 2012[image: Margam House - Explore the paintings]
These two large panoramic paintings of Margam House date back to the early 18th century and are the only substantial records of one of the great Tudor houses of Wales. Explore these paintings in detail using our online interactive
Interactives: Explore the painting: Thomas Mansel and wife, Jayne
16 October 2012[image: Sir Thomas Mansel and his wife Jane]
The Mansels of Margam Abbey, Glamorgan, were one of the wealthiest families in south Wales. Use our online interactive to find out more about the painting and the couple that it portrays
Interactives: Clean your own Guardi canvas
16 November 2011[image: Guardi interactive]
Museum conservators have been busy cleaning Francsesco Guardi's View of the Palazzo Loredan
Interactives: Katheryn of Berain - Explore the painting
10 October 2011Interactives: Cardiff landscape, 1678
21 February 2011