Letter to Mr. Rapport, SWAS Honorary Treasurer, from Marlborough Productions Limited, Cardiff, 14 April 1975

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Letter from Marlborough Productions Limited to Mr Rapport, the South Wales Art Society Honorary Treasurer. The sender is enclosing the cheques for the winners of the Marlborough Productions Award, and offering them their congratulations.

This letter is from a file of the South Wales Art Society correspondence dating from 1976 to 1977. The majority of the letters in this file are sent by Anthony D. Rapport, writing to winners of the Marlborough Productions Award. The prize money varied from £10 to £15. The South Wales Art Society was supported by the South East Wales Art Association and a donation of £80 was made to the South Wales Art Society for the 1977 programme of lectures. In addition to these letters, correspondence with exhibition venues like Chapter Arts Centre and Turner House are also featured in this file.

The South Wales Art Society began during the early 1880s when a group of amateurs occasionally met in each other’s homes to discuss and practice painting. Among the foundation members was the late Sir William Goscombe John. The first exhibition was held at the then Cardiff Public Hall in September 1888 and was open for six weeks, during which time some 6,000 people paid an admission fee to see it. At that time, the South Wales Art Society had its own art gallery. Later when this was no longer possible, the society held its exhibitions in the Turner House Gallery in Penarth, a branch gallery of the National Museum of Wales.

Today the Society has a membership of 200 amateur and professional artists and others who simply enjoy art. The aims of the Society are to encourage and advance art in South Wales by the promotion of demonstrations, talks, classes, workshops, critiques, gallery visits and exhibitions.
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