Charles Burton and the Rhondda Group

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Burton discusses his days in the Rhondda Group post World War 2.

Showing a group of art students travelling together to Art College in Cardiff by train fired with enthusiasm, dedication and heated discusssion. Colour footage (present-day) of Treherbert born Charles Burton in his studio painting and talking about his work and his days in the Rhondda Group. These art students lived in the Rhondda and yet had a keen eye on what was happening in other parts of the world in relation to new art movements. There was a strong and new belief post World War 2 that one 'could really do something oneself wherever one was'.
From: Framing Wales Episode 3
First Broadcast : 10 March 2011

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 9-11,11-14,14-16

Subject : Art & Design

Topic : Art history, Critical and contextual studies

Keywords : Charles Burton, Rhondda group, Representational art, Conceptual art

Notes : This clip can be used to develop an awareness of the emergence of groups of artists - of how these groups of art students discussed, argued and commented on each others work. Pupils could be arranged into groups to engage in their own critical discussion of either their own work or that of other artists, or pupils could discuss the merits of representational art versus conceptual art. Pupils could research other art movements and groups of highly motivated young artists who emerged in the 20th century.


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