By: DAVIES, Ogwyn (1925-2015)

Acq. Number: 677

Dimensions: 75 x 101 cm, in frame 99 x 126 cm

Artwork_Medium: Mixed media: earth, sand, stone dust, PVA, acrylic

Purchased: 1998

Buyer: CRAWFORD, Professor Alistair

Location: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - National Library of Wales

Town: Aberystwyth

Content: The National Library of Wales has an image of this work here. The text is taken from the 1937 play Buchedd Garmon (The Life of Garmon) by Saunders Lewis. Garmon was Bishop of Auxerre in the Fifth Century AD and helped the Welsh Christians to a victory in battle against the pagans. This extract calls on the Welsh to protect and value Wales for themselves and future generations, an exhortation as significant now as then. This work was a specific commission by the purchaser, of a painting suitable for a parliament.