Art

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Laura Ashley is famous for being a fashion designer. 

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Lucy Gwendolen Williams is famous for being a sculptor. 

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

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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).