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Industrialised – Art from The First Industrial Nation

3 Jul - 1 Nov 2023 Playroom Gallery - Industrialised was an exhibition bringing together artworks depicting industrialised South Wales held by Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Amgueddfa Cymru, the National Library of Wales and several artworks from private collections. 

This exhibition included artworks by a wide selection of leading artists of the 19th century: Penry Willimas, John Petherick, George Childs, Thomas Prytherch, John George wood, Thomas Horner, Julius Caesar Ibbeston and William Pamplin. Using sketchbooks, oil paintings and drawings, this show told a story of an era where photography did not exist or at the very least was in its infancy, art was the only way of visually capturing the changing landscape of Wales.