Malcolm Hughes: Hedd Wyn

17 Jul-31 Aug 2017

Overview

This small exhibition of mixed media paintings by the Welsh artist Malcolm Hughes is dedicated to the memory of poet Hedd Wyn. 'Hedd Wyn' was the bardic name of Ellis Humphrey Evans (1887 - 1917) a shepherd from Trawsfynydd. At every National Eisteddfod, the chair is the highest prize that can be awarded to a bard. Hedd Wyn won the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod, but he had died on 31 July during the Battle of Passchendaele, just a few weeks earlier.