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Pen-y-Bont Inn, Ystradgynlais

Josef Herman, 1949

y Gaer Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Brecon

Ystradgynlais is an old iron working and coal mining town in the south of Brecknockshire where Herman lived between 1944 and 1955. He stayed in Pen-y-bont Inn for the first four years and was very happy there. This work depicts the inn as the sun is setting. Tawe bridge is painted bright red, which could reflect Herman's fascination in the image of the miners crossing it against a glowing sky which inspired many of his works.

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Title of artwork, date

Pen-y-Bont Inn, Ystradgynlais, 1949

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

66.5 x 76.2 cm

Grant

12070

Total cost

32340

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