Art

Augusta Hall is famous for being a patron of culture and the inventor of the Welsh National costume. Lady Llanover was her noble title, and Gwenynen Gwent was her bardic name.

During the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, Augustus Edwin John was considered amongst the most important and influential artists in Britain.

Gwendoline Davies of Gregynog is famous for being an art collector and benefactor.

Gwen John was an artist who was famous for painting self-portraits, paintings of other women and still life. She studied art at the Slade School of Art in London – this was the only college in Britain that allowed women to attend.

Kyffin Williams is considered to be one of Wales’ leading painters and the most successful ever in terms of a career as a professional artist.

Laura Ashley is famous for being a fashion designer. 

Lucy Gwendolen Williams is famous for being a sculptor. 

Margaret Davies of Gregynog is famous for being an art collector and benefactor. 

Winifred Margaret Coombe Tennant is famous for being a delegate to the first assembly of the League of Nations, a suffragette, Mistress of the Robes of the Gorsedd of the Bards and a medium. Her bardic name was 'Mam o Nedd' (Neath Mother).