Michael Edmonds (artist)
Michael Edmonds (9 April 1926 – 30 March 2014) was a British artist and architect born in Dorset, England but with strong connections to Wales. He was a co-founder of the 56 Group Wales.
Life and work
Edmonds, an only child, grew up in the countryside near Wareham, Dorset. He was educated at Kings School, a boarding school in Somerset, then studied at the Royal West of England School of Architecture, Bristol.[1] As a 'Bevin boy' working in the coal mines to aid the war effort, he came to South Wales. In 1951 he married Thelma Seager, from Cardiff, and they settled in Penarth to bring up a family.[1]
As an architect Edmonds worked in South Wales (initially for the
He returned to Wales in 1984 to live in
In 2013 his memoirs, War Underground, recounting his time in the mines near Caerphilly during World War II, written in the 1940s then left for 70 years in a drawer, were published by the South Wales Record Society.[5]
Sources
- Moore, David (2012), A Taste of the Avant-garde: 56 Group Wales, Brecon: Crooked Window, ISBN 978-0-9563602-1-2
References
- ^ a b c d Peter Wakelin (14 April 2014). "Michael Edmonds obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Moore, David, A Taste of the Avant-garde: 56 Group Wales, page 9
- ^ Moore, David, A Taste of the Avant-garde: 56 Group Wales, pages 6–7
- ^ "Bessemer by Michael Edmonds". Art UK. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Memories of a Bevin Boy, 70 years on..." Western Mail. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.