Tuesday 22 February 2011

Rolf on Welsh Art in Ystradgynlais near the Brecon Beacons National Park

On BBC Wales this week 23rd March Rolf Harris will be visiting the small mining town of Ystradgynlais on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. He will be exploring the adopted home and inspiration of Polish artist Josef Herman. Herman who lost his whole family during the holocaust fled Nazi occupied Warsaw and settled in the mining community of Ysradgynlais in 1944. He studied working people all of his life and particularly coal miners during his 11 years there. Rolf will attempt to paint in the style of Herman. Rolf's painting can be seen in the Glynn Vivian Gallery in Swansea.

'In the pit' by Josef Herman   

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