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'''Glenys Irene Cour''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (née ''' Carthew'''; born March 1924) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] artist.
'''Glenys Irene Cour''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} ({{née}} ''' Carthew''', born 6 January 1924) is a Welsh artist.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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Cour was born in [[Fishguard]], Pembrokeshire, Wales on 6 January 1924.<ref name="centenary">{{cite web |title=Glenys Cour: can mlynedd o liw |url=https://gwallter.com/art/glenys-cour-can-mlynedd-o-liw.html |website=gwallter |access-date=7 May 2024 |date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=8 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508141247/https://gwallter.com/art/glenys-cour-can-mlynedd-o-liw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1945 until 1948, she studied at [[Cardiff College of Art]] under [[Ceri Richards]] and married the sculptor Ronald Cour in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr Ronald Cour ARCA|url=http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1206892981|website=Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951|publisher=University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII|accessdate=27 February 2017|archive-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150327/http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1206892981|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46151775|title=Restored Dylan Thomas memorial unveiled in Swansea|work=BBC News|date=9 November 2018|access-date=31 March 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331211609/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46151775|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1963 to 2000, she taught painting and [[architectural glass]] at [[Swansea Institute of Higher Education]], and the [[University of Wales, Swansea]].<ref name="Attic biog">{{cite web |url=http://www.atticgallery.co.uk/scripts/topicinfo.asp?t=046 |title=Attic Gallery, contemporary art in Swansea and throughout Wales |publisher=Atticgallery.co.uk |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130813192735/http://www.atticgallery.co.uk/scripts/topicinfo.asp?t=046 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Artinwales">{{cite web |url=http://artinwales.250x.com/ArtistsCoG.htm |title=Glenys Cour |publisher=Artinwales.250x.com |date=10 December 2001 |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226040155/http://www.artinwales.250x.com/ArtistsCoG.htm |archive-date=26 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Cour was born in [[Fishguard]], Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1924. Glenys was the only child of Thomas Millet Carthew, a colliery manager of Swansea, and Maggie Harries. By the age of five Glenys was living in [[Gelligaer]] in the Rhymney Valley.
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From 1945 until 1948, she studied at [[Cardiff College of Art]] under [[Ceri Richards]] and married the sculptor Ronald Cour in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr Ronald Cour ARCA|url=http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1206892981|website=Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951|publisher=University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII|accessdate=27 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46151775|title=Restored Dylan Thomas memorial unveiled in Swansea|work=BBC News|date=9 November 2018|access-date=31 March 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> From 1963 to 2000, she taught painting and [[architectural glass]] at [[Swansea Institute of Higher Education]], and the [[University of Wales, Swansea]].<ref name="Attic biog">{{cite web |url=http://www.atticgallery.co.uk/scripts/topicinfo.asp?t=046 |title=Attic Gallery, contemporary art in Swansea and throughout Wales |publisher=Atticgallery.co.uk |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130813192735/http://www.atticgallery.co.uk/scripts/topicinfo.asp?t=046 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Artinwales">{{cite web |url=http://artinwales.250x.com/ArtistsCoG.htm |title=Glenys Cour |publisher=Artinwales.250x.com |date=10 December 2001 |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226040155/http://www.artinwales.250x.com/ArtistsCoG.htm |archive-date=26 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Cour has been a member of [[The Welsh Group]] for a number of years, taking part in many of the group's exhibitions, including its 50th anniversary in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=aXYySHER7x8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=50+Years+of+the+Welsh+Group.+Peter+Wakelin |title=Creating an art community – Google Books |accessdate=14 August 2013|isbn=9780720004724 |last1=Wakelin |first1=Peter |year=1999 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1514&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1455&cHash=8449e65004bab1c67d28b5466ad80b22 |title=Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – National Library of Wales : Heritage Minister Opens Welsh Group at 60 Exhibition |publisher=Llgc.org.uk |accessdate=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706101457/http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1514&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1455&cHash=8449e65004bab1c67d28b5466ad80b22 |archivedate=6 July 2013 }}</ref> She was elected [[Royal Cambrian Academy of Art|Royal Cambrian Academician]] in 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcaconwy.org/glenys_cour-196.aspx |title=The Royal Cambrian Academy – Glenys Cour |publisher=Rcaconwy.org |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200142/http://www.rcaconwy.org/glenys_cour-196.aspx |archive-date=10 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is also one of the founding artists of [[Swansea]]'s Mission Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missiongallery.co.uk/exhibitions/metaphors/ |title=Mission Gallery, Swansea, Metaphors, Glenys Cour |publisher=Missiongallery.co.uk |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013}}</ref>
Cour has been a member of [[The Welsh Group]] for a number of years, taking part in many of the group's exhibitions, including its 50th anniversary in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXYySHER7x8C&q=50+Years+of+the+Welsh+Group.+Peter+Wakelin |title=Creating an art community – Google Books |accessdate=14 August 2013|isbn=9780720004724 |last1=Wakelin |first1=Peter |year=1999 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1514&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1455&cHash=8449e65004bab1c67d28b5466ad80b22 |title=Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – National Library of Wales : Heritage Minister Opens Welsh Group at 60 Exhibition |publisher=Llgc.org.uk |accessdate=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706101457/http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1514&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1455&cHash=8449e65004bab1c67d28b5466ad80b22 |archivedate=6 July 2013 }}</ref> She was elected [[Royal Cambrian Academy of Art|Royal Cambrian Academician]] in 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcaconwy.org/glenys_cour-196.aspx |title=The Royal Cambrian Academy – Glenys Cour |publisher=Rcaconwy.org |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200142/http://www.rcaconwy.org/glenys_cour-196.aspx |archive-date=10 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is also one of the founding artists of [[Swansea]]'s Mission Gallery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.missiongallery.co.uk/exhibitions/metaphors/ |title=Mission Gallery, Swansea, Metaphors, Glenys Cour |publisher=Missiongallery.co.uk |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200434/http://www.missiongallery.co.uk/exhibitions/metaphors/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cour [[centenarian|turned 100]] on 6 January 2024.<ref name="centenary"/>


==Artwork==
==Artwork==
Cour's artwork is primarily concerned with colour and light, using landscape, flowers, various culturally charged objects, like ancient Greek artefacts or [[Celts|Celtic]] stones, and mythology, especially the mythology of Wales and the multiplely layered tales of the [[Mabinogion]].<ref name="Buzz Metaphors">[http://huwdavidjones.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/glenys-cour-metaphors/ Glenys Cour: Metaphors], Hugh David Jones blog, 1 August 2008. Published in ''Buzz Magazine'' ([[South Wales]]).</ref><ref name="autogenerated1924">{{Art UK bio|retrieved=14 August 2013|ref=1}}</ref>
Cour's artwork is primarily concerned with colour and light, using landscape, flowers, various culturally charged objects, like ancient Greek artefacts or [[Celts|Celtic]] stones, and mythology, especially the mythology of Wales and the multiplely layered tales of the [[Mabinogion]].<ref name="Buzz Metaphors">[http://huwdavidjones.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/glenys-cour-metaphors/ Glenys Cour: Metaphors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200322/http://huwdavidjones.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/glenys-cour-metaphors/ |date=10 September 2014 }}, Hugh David Jones blog, 1 August 2008. Published in ''Buzz Magazine'' ([[South Wales]]).</ref><ref name="autogenerated1924">{{Art UK bio|retrieved=14 August 2013|ref=1}}</ref>


Cour's artwork includes painting on canvas and paper, stained glass, collage, paper making, posters, projections and artist books.
Cour's artwork includes painting on canvas and paper, stained glass, collage, paper making, posters, projections and artist books.
Her use of materials has changed through the years, from the landscape painting of the 1970s, leading into a greater use of [[collage]] and [[Abstract Art|abstraction]] from the 1980s, working predominantly in glass for periods and in 2007 illustrating a book with Old Stile Press.<ref name="Buzz Metaphors" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldstilepress.com/newosp/books/black.html |title=Black Marigolds – illustrated by Glenys Cour |publisher=The Old Stile Press |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001705/http://www.oldstilepress.com/newosp/books/black.html |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artrabbit.com/uk/events/event/32692/new_work_glenys_cour |title=New Work – Glenys Cour at Oriel Myrddin Gallery |publisher=Artrabbit.com |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013}}</ref>
Her use of materials has changed through the years, from the landscape painting of the 1970s, leading into a greater use of [[collage]] and [[Abstract Art|abstraction]] from the 1980s, working predominantly in glass for periods and in 2007 illustrating a book with Old Stile Press.<ref name="Buzz Metaphors" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldstilepress.com/newosp/books/black.html |title=Black Marigolds – illustrated by Glenys Cour |publisher=The Old Stile Press |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001705/http://www.oldstilepress.com/newosp/books/black.html |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artrabbit.com/uk/events/event/32692/new_work_glenys_cour |title=New Work – Glenys Cour at Oriel Myrddin Gallery |publisher=Artrabbit.com |date= |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195414/http://www.artrabbit.com/uk/events/event/32692/new_work_glenys_cour |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
Glenys Cour's artwork has been exhibited widely in Europe and the US,<ref name="Artinwales" /> with major exhibitions in her home country of Wales at [[St. David's Hall]] in 1991, [[Glynn Vivian Art Gallery]] in 2003, the Attic Gallery, Swansea in 2005<ref name="Attic biog" /> and a major retrospective exhibition, curated by Mel Gooding, at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |title=Looking for Glenys Cour Exhibition Mission Gallery Swansea |publisher=Welshcountry.co.uk |date=20 May 2013 |accessdate=2 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130718142819/http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Film maker Toril Brancher was commissioned by the gallery to make a film about Glenys Cour and her artwork as part of the exhibition.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.glynnvivian.com/2013/05/summer-begins-with-toril-brancher-at-mission/ |title=Summer begins with Toril Brancher at Mission &#124; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery |publisher=Glynnvivian.com |date=20 May 2013 |accessdate=14 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |title=Looking for Glenys Cour Exhibition Mission Gallery Swansea |publisher=Welshcountry.co.uk |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130718142819/http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Glenys Cour's artwork has been exhibited widely in Europe and the US,<ref name="Artinwales" /> with major exhibitions in her home country of Wales at [[St. David's Hall]] in 1991, [[Glynn Vivian Art Gallery]] in 2003, the Attic Gallery, Swansea in 2005<ref name="Attic biog" /> and a major retrospective exhibition, curated by Mel Gooding, at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |title=Looking for Glenys Cour Exhibition Mission Gallery Swansea |publisher=Welshcountry.co.uk |date=20 May 2013 |accessdate=2 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718142819/http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Film maker Toril Brancher was commissioned by the gallery to make a film about Glenys Cour and her artwork as part of the exhibition.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.glynnvivian.com/2013/05/summer-begins-with-toril-brancher-at-mission/ |title=Summer begins with Toril Brancher at Mission &#124; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery |publisher=Glynnvivian.com |date=20 May 2013 |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-date=11 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911002029/http://www.glynnvivian.com/2013/05/summer-begins-with-toril-brancher-at-mission/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |title=Looking for Glenys Cour Exhibition Mission Gallery Swansea |publisher=Welshcountry.co.uk |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718142819/http://www.welshcountry.co.uk/index.php/welsh-art-and-craft-news/arts-news/161-gallery/13014-looking-for-glenys-cour-exhibition-mission-gallery-swansea |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Her artwork is held in several public and private collections, including the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, The [[National Museum of Wales]], The [[Kunsthalle Mannheim|Kunsthalle Mannheim Museum]], [[Swansea University]], [[Brecknock Museum|Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery]] and the [[University of South Wales]].<ref name="Attic biog" /><ref name="autogenerated1924"/>
Her artwork is held in several public and private collections, including the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, The [[National Museum of Wales]], The [[Kunsthalle Mannheim|Kunsthalle Mannheim Museum]], [[Swansea University]], the [[University of South Wales]] and [[Y Gaer (cultural hub)|Y Gaer]].<ref name="Attic biog" /><ref name="autogenerated1924"/>


==Awards==
== Awards ==
*1989 Best poster for British Arts Festival Association.<ref name="Artinwales" />
* 1989 Best poster for British Arts Festival Association.<ref name="Artinwales" />
*1992 Painter in glass commission – [[Glynn Vivian Art Gallery]].
* 1992 Painter in glass commission – [[Glynn Vivian Art Gallery]].
*2004 Honorary Fellow of the [[Swansea Institute of Higher Education]].<ref name="Artinwales" />
* 2004 Honorary Fellow of the [[Swansea Institute of Higher Education]].<ref name="Artinwales" />
*2006 MA (Honorary) [[Swansea University]].<ref name="Artinwales" />
* 2006 MA (Honorary) [[Swansea University]].<ref name="Artinwales" />


Cour was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2020 Birthday Honours]] for services to the visual arts in Wales.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B17|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
Cour was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2020 Birthday Honours]] for services to the visual arts in Wales.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B17|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>


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== Publications ==
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==Further reading==
*[http://www.glenyscour.co.uk/gooding.html Article by Mel Gooding]
*[http://www.glenyscour.co.uk/wakelin.html Article by Peter Wakelin]
*[http://www1.swansea.gov.uk/calmview/Advanced.aspx West Glamorgan Archive Service ]

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==Publications==
Glenys Cour: Paintings and Works on Paper 1980–2003, Mel Gooding and Peter Wakelin, 2003, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, {{ISBN|9780903189682}}
Glenys Cour: Paintings and Works on Paper 1980–2003, Mel Gooding and Peter Wakelin, 2003, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, {{ISBN|9780903189682}}

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==Further reading==
*[http://www.glenyscour.co.uk/gooding.html Article by Mel Gooding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531182116/http://glenyscour.co.uk/gooding.html |date=31 May 2014 }}
*[http://www.glenyscour.co.uk/wakelin.html Article by Peter Wakelin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531182015/http://glenyscour.co.uk/wakelin.html |date=31 May 2014 }}
*[http://www1.swansea.gov.uk/calmview/Advanced.aspx West Glamorgan Archive Service ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022152906/http://www1.swansea.gov.uk/calmview/Advanced.aspx |date=22 October 2021 }}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.glenyscour.co.uk/}}
* {{official website|http://www.glenyscour.co.uk/}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021}}
* {{cite web |title=Glenys Cour in Conversation with Peter Wakelin |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeJMRVQSYY |website=YouTube |publisher=Contemporary Art Society for Wales |date=1 December 2020 |access-date=28 September 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928142105/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeJMRVQSYY |url-status=live }}


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Revision as of 00:17, 8 July 2024

Glenys Cour
Born
Glenys Irene Carthew

(1924-01-06) 6 January 1924 (age 100)
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales
NationalityWelsh
EducationCardiff College of Art
Known forPainting, stained glass, collage, artist books
SpouseRonald Cour
ElectedThe Welsh Group
Royal Cambrian Academy
Websitewww.glenyscour.co.uk[dead link]

Glenys Irene Cour MBE (née Carthew, born 6 January 1924) is a Welsh artist.

Biography

Cour was born in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales on 6 January 1924.[1] From 1945 until 1948, she studied at Cardiff College of Art under Ceri Richards and married the sculptor Ronald Cour in 1949.[2][3] From 1963 to 2000, she taught painting and architectural glass at Swansea Institute of Higher Education, and the University of Wales, Swansea.[4][5]

Cour has been a member of The Welsh Group for a number of years, taking part in many of the group's exhibitions, including its 50th anniversary in 1998.[6][7] She was elected Royal Cambrian Academician in 2009[8] and is also one of the founding artists of Swansea's Mission Gallery.[9]

Cour turned 100 on 6 January 2024.[1]

Artwork

Cour's artwork is primarily concerned with colour and light, using landscape, flowers, various culturally charged objects, like ancient Greek artefacts or Celtic stones, and mythology, especially the mythology of Wales and the multiplely layered tales of the Mabinogion.[10][11]

Cour's artwork includes painting on canvas and paper, stained glass, collage, paper making, posters, projections and artist books. Her use of materials has changed through the years, from the landscape painting of the 1970s, leading into a greater use of collage and abstraction from the 1980s, working predominantly in glass for periods and in 2007 illustrating a book with Old Stile Press.[10][12][13]

Exhibitions

Glenys Cour's artwork has been exhibited widely in Europe and the US,[5] with major exhibitions in her home country of Wales at St. David's Hall in 1991, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2003, the Attic Gallery, Swansea in 2005[4] and a major retrospective exhibition, curated by Mel Gooding, at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2014.[14] Film maker Toril Brancher was commissioned by the gallery to make a film about Glenys Cour and her artwork as part of the exhibition.[15][16]

Her artwork is held in several public and private collections, including the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, The National Museum of Wales, The Kunsthalle Mannheim Museum, Swansea University, the University of South Wales and Y Gaer.[4][11]

Awards

Cour was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the visual arts in Wales.[17]

Publications

Glenys Cour: Paintings and Works on Paper 1980–2003, Mel Gooding and Peter Wakelin, 2003, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, ISBN 9780903189682

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b "Glenys Cour: can mlynedd o liw". gwallter. 12 January 2024. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Mr Ronald Cour ARCA". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Restored Dylan Thomas memorial unveiled in Swansea". BBC News. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Attic Gallery, contemporary art in Swansea and throughout Wales". Atticgallery.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Glenys Cour". Artinwales.250x.com. 10 December 2001. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  6. ^ Wakelin, Peter (1999). Creating an art community – Google Books. ISBN 9780720004724. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – National Library of Wales : Heritage Minister Opens Welsh Group at 60 Exhibition". Llgc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
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