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John Piper 1903 - 1992

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Biography 

Piper is one of the major figures in 20th century British art and is particularly associated with the neo-romantic movement.

He first became acquainted with the landscapes of South Wales in 1937, when he married Myfanwy Evans, with whom he founded 'Axis', a review of Contemporary 'Abstract' painting and sculpture. He made on the spot collages of Pembrokeshire beach scenes, and also became fascinated by Welsh architecture: the chapels, castles and ruins, which were to influence most of his later works. In 1949 they moved to a cottage in Snowdonia where he drew and painted many views of the mountains, which were always dark and brooding and without human form. An increasing demand for his work in stage design for opera and ballet meant that he left Wales for some time, before returning to Pembrokeshire in the early 1960's.

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Piper yw un o'r ffigurau pwysig yn yr 20fed ganrif celf Prydain ac mae'n gysylltiedig yn arbennig â'r mudiad neo-rhamantus.

Yn gyntaf daeth i adnabod y tirweddau De Cymru yn 1937, pan briododd Myfanwy Evans, gyda phwy a sefydlodd 'Echel', adolygiad o Gyfoes 'Abstract' peintio a cherflunio. Mae'n gwneud collages o olygfeydd traeth Sir Benfro, a hefyd daeth yn swyno gan bensaernïaeth Cymru: y capeli, cestyll ac adfeilion, a oedd yn dylanwadu ar y rhan fwyaf o'i waith yn ddiweddarach. Yn 1949 symudodd i fwthyn yn Eryri, yn darlunio a pheintio llawer o'r mynyddoedd ac oedd yn dywyll, synfyfyriol a heb ffurf ddynol. Mae galw cynyddol am ei waith yn dylunio llwyfan ar gyfer opera a bale yn golygu ei fod yn gadael Cymru am beth amser, cyn dychwelyd i Sir Benfro yn y 1960au cynnar.

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