Working in a museum and occasionally collecting work for the national collection I realise just how difficult it is to collect a cohesive and such an important group of works and thanks from all of us need to go to Barrie Maskell for such an important collection. I know just how difficult it must have been to assemble this group of works: I have been chasing some of these artists myself for a number of years and haven't managed to get work half as good as some of these works you see here today.
- Nicholas Thornton Head of modern and contemporary art Amguedda Cymru-National Museum Wales Cardiff
Robert Hunter (1920 - 1996)
Biography
The formation of the 56 Group and the coming together of like-minded artists acted as a spur to Robert Hunter. He was to remain a member of the Group until 1984 when he became an honorary member. His work was, at first, more abstract and then changed when he discovered the Celtic symbolism that would shape his style for the rest of his career.
Robert Hunter served on the Welsh Arts Council and was a judge for the National Eisteddfod of Wales. He took part in many group and solo exhibitions across Britain, the European continent and America. He died on 3 December 1996.
The works of Robert Hunter can be found in the following collections:-
Aberystwyth University; Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff; Contemporary Art Society for Wales; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Keele University; Steel Company of Wales; Swansea University; other public and private collections in America, Great Britain and Holland.
The formation of the 56 Group and the coming together of like-minded artists acted as a spur to Robert Hunter. He was to remain a member of the Group until 1984 when he became an honorary member. His work was, at first, more abstract and then changed when he discovered the Celtic symbolism that would shape his style for the rest of his career.
Robert Hunter served on the Welsh Arts Council and was a judge for the National Eisteddfod of Wales. He took part in many group and solo exhibitions across Britain, the European continent and America. He died on 3 December 1996.
The works of Robert Hunter can be found in the following collections:-
Aberystwyth University; Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff; Contemporary Art Society for Wales; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Keele University; Steel Company of Wales; Swansea University; other public and private collections in America, Great Britain and Holland.
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