These talks will be through the medium of English

29.6.24 14:00 “Brangwyn the Printmaker” – Dr Libby Horner

Dr Horner has published several publications on Brangwyn and his work. Her most recent is Frank Brangwyn: The Big Prints Book, a complete catalogue of Brangwyn’s etchings, lithographs, wood engravings and other prints. To coincide with the Bangor exhibition she is launching a new English translation of ‘L’Ombre de La Croix’ by Jérôme and Jean Tharaud with Brangwyn’s 73 illustrations for the 1931 French edition.

5.7.24 14:00 “Brangwyn the Printmaker”- Jeremy Yates

19.7.24 14:00 “The Frank Brangwyn Collection – a look at the library of Artist Frank Brangwyn donated to Bangor University” – Shan Robinson

Born in Bruges, Brangwyn lived and worked in the UK as an illustrator, painter, muralist, designer of furniture, textiles and ceramics. Brangwyn was also a prodigiously prolific printmaker: he worked predominantly in the mediums of etching, lithography, and wood engraving. He exhibited in Britain, America and all across Europe; he was honoured by numerous institutions and bodies, was elected a member of the Royal Academy and given the first one-man exhibition of a living artist there in 1952.

Read more about our exhibition on Frank Brangwyn here: In Print: Sir Frank Brangwyn RA (1867 – 1956) – Storiel

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