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Mr Evan Williams, the Artist's Father

Image credit: Bridgend County Borough Council

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This painting of the artist’s father was one of the first to be hung in Maesteg Town Hall. Evan Williams was a grocer who owned a shop in Commercial Street Maesteg. He had wanted his son to be a doctor, but after some time he relented and promised to do all he could to help him become an artist. This was probably painted to commemorate the year of office as Chairman of Maesteg Urban District Council. Christopher thought that it was a true likeness and one of the best paintings that he had produced.

Bridgend County Borough Council Collection, Maesteg Town Hall

Maesteg

Title

Mr Evan Williams, the Artist's Father

Date

c.1903

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 152 x W 105 cm

Accession number

PCF15

Acquisition method

presented to the former Maesteg Urban Council by the artist, 1934; inherited by the former Ogwr Borough Council and by Bridgend County Borough Council from them

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

monogram

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Bridgend County Borough Council Collection, Maesteg Town Hall

Talbot Street, Maesteg, Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) CF34 9DA Wales

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