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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was originally simply the <b>56 Group</b>: "Wales" was added in 1967, in response to a feeling that the organisation's "Welsh origins ought to be re-affirmed".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh-language</a> version of the name was first used on publicity in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The post-war art establishment in Wales was still very conservative and moves had been afoot since the late 1930s to create a <a href="/wiki/Modern_art" title="Modern art">modern art</a> group.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1956, following a failed attempt to become a <i>South Wales Academy of Art</i>, a "rebellion" took place within the ranks of the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Welsh_Group" title="The Welsh Group">South Wales Group</a></i> and the <i>56 Group</i> was established.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artists <a href="/wiki/Eric_Malthouse" title="Eric Malthouse">Eric Malthouse</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Tinker_(artist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Tinker (artist) (page does not exist)">David Tinker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Edmonds_(artist)" title="Michael Edmonds (artist)">Michael Edmonds</a> were the leading instigators. They circulated a statement of purpose and aims and an invitation to join the group to ten leading Welsh artists. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>That painters and sculptors believe in a positive and dynamic approach which is aware of the tradition of the past and its fulfilment in the Art of the present. </p><p>That the first aims of painting and sculpture lie in the integration of design and emotion; the search for a powerful image that transcends the everyday world around us. </p><p> That the effect of environment is deeper and more all-embracing than the fortuitous mimicry of everyday surroundings. The painter and sculptor consciously seek a place to work where he feels at home.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Eric Malthouse, David Tinker and Michael Edmonds, <i>The 56 Group</i>: statement of purpose, 1956<sup id="cite_ref-Moore7_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Of those invited to join, nine accepted: Trevor Bates, <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Dalwood" title="Hubert Dalwood">Hubert Dalwood</a>, George Fairley, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Giardelli" title="Arthur Giardelli">Arthur Giardelli</a>, Robert Hunter, <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Koppel" title="Heinz Koppel">Heinz Koppel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Will_Roberts" title="Will Roberts">Will Roberts</a>, John Wright and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Zobole" title="Ernest Zobole">Ernest Zobole</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Art_in_Wales_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art_in_Wales-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Moore7_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Chamberlain_(artist)" title="Brenda Chamberlain (artist)">Brenda Chamberlain</a>, the only female artist invited, declined.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although all 12 of the founder-members worked in a broadly modernist and internationalist idiom, they did not share a recognisably common style or ideology. Their average age was 36; and ten worked as <a href="/wiki/Art_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Art education">art lecturers</a> (Roberts and Edmonds did not). Only two, Roberts and Zobole, had been born in Wales: Fairley was born in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, Koppel in Germany and the others in England.<sup id="cite_ref-Moore7_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Group_chair">Group chair</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Group chair"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Painter, sculptor and teacher <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Giardelli" title="Arthur Giardelli">Arthur Giardelli</a> was the chair of the Group from 1961 to 1998. Some of its success – exhibitions and tours outside Wales – have been attributed to his language skills and European outlook.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 56 Group has always been essentially an exhibiting association of artists who retain their own independence and individuality. </p><p>The group's first exhibition was held at <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> Museum and Art Gallery in June 1957, and versions of the same exhibition were held later the same year at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_Cardiff" title="National Museum Cardiff">National Museum of Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tenby" title="Tenby">Tenby</a> Civic Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It subsequently exhibited widely in both Wales and England. Its first continental exhibition was held in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> in 1967, and later exhibitions went to <a href="/wiki/Nantes" title="Nantes">Nantes</a> in 1974–5, <a href="/wiki/Bologna" title="Bologna">Bologna</a> in 1983, <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> in 1986–7 and again in 1991, and <a href="/wiki/Libramont-Chevigny" title="Libramont-Chevigny">Libramont</a>, Belgium, in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An exhibition of modern Welsh art held at the <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Place_Gallery" title="Jefferson Place Gallery">Jefferson Place Gallery</a>, Washington, D.C., in 1965, although not formally associated with the Group, included work by several of its members.<sup id="cite_ref-Art_in_Wales_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art_in_Wales-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2012, the Group's 56th anniversary year, it could claim to have had a total of 88 full members (plus a number of guest, associate and honorary members);<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to have held 225 exhibition showings.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, a touring exhibition visited galleries around Wales. Called <i>The 56 Group Wales: The Founders</i>, it included artworks of the twelve original founders, as well as work from current members.<sup id="cite_ref-WM_three_new_shows_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM_three_new_shows-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the previous ten years, businessman Barrie Maskell had spent time tracking down and purchasing work made by each of the twelve original members. This included a visit to one of the surviving founders, John Wright, who was living in Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-WM_three_new_shows_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM_three_new_shows-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fifty-six of Maskell's paintings were chosen for the exhibition. The exhibition was shown at venues in Pontypridd, Cardiff and <a href="/wiki/MOMA,_Wales" title="MOMA, Wales">MOMA Wales</a> in <a href="/wiki/Machynlleth" title="Machynlleth">Machynlleth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WM_three_new_shows_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WM_three_new_shows-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year, a history of the Group's first 56 years by David Moore was published.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2013 a touring exhibition of the group's work, <i>56:56</i>, opened at <a href="/wiki/Newport_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Newport Museum and Art Gallery">Newport Art Gallery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 <i>At Cross Purposes</i>, a creative project curated by Frances Woodley, was conceived in collaboration with the 56 Group Wales. New work was created and new partnerships forged, as well as the production of a touring exhibition, and accompanying book in 2023. The project required that 16 members of 56 Group Wales each be partnered with an invited artist from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland, selected by Woodley. Each pair then engaged with Woodley in a three-way email correspondence. The project took place over a series of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdown_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 lockdowns</a>, with artists confined to their makeshift studios. The exhibition toured: School of Art Museum, Aberystwyth University (14 February – 28 April 2023), Oriel Môn, Llangefni, Anglesey (29 April to 11 June 2023), Queen Street Studios Gallery, Belfast (7 – 28 September 2023), and Elysium Gallery Swansea (November 10 – December 23, 2023). Artist pairings: Ken Elias / Morwenna Morrison, Pete Williams / Mark Doyle, Robert Harding / Tim Dodds, Sue Hunt / Paula MacArthur, Dilys Jackson / Keith Brown, Carol Hiles / Jane Rainey, Sue Hiley Harris / Michael Geddis, Corinthe Rizvi / Louise Barrington, Martyn Jones / Martin Finnin, Tiff Oben / Garry Barker, Kay Keogh / Michelle McKeown, Harvey Hood / Molly Thompson, Alison Lochhead / Judith Tucker, Rhodri Rees / Ellen Mitchinson, Peter Spriggs / Christine Roychowdhury, Luis Tapia / Louise Manifold.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Group's activities have not always been eulogised. <a href="/wiki/Will_Roberts" title="Will Roberts">Will Roberts</a>, one of the founder members, who was afterwards (in 1964) asked to withdraw from exhibitions because his work was seen as insufficiently radical, later dismissed the Group as having been "set up by art school teachers who wanted to sell their work".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Rollo Charles, keeper of art at the National Museum of Wales, commented in 1976 that the Group "is now generally regarded as the official avant garde of Welsh art", critic Bryn Richards responded "[t]his must seem to those who founded the group, with such hope, as a veritable kiss of death".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renowned Welsh artist <a href="/wiki/Kyffin_Williams" title="Kyffin Williams">Kyffin Williams</a> was reported in 1981 to have had a strong antipathy for what he described as a group of "predominantly abstract painters or English <a href="/wiki/Carpetbagger" title="Carpetbagger">carpetbaggers</a>, ... who came down to Wales because they could not make it in the metropolis. The 56 Group has taken over Welsh art, and he [Williams] is out of favour in his homeland as a result."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> members included<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li>Thomas Goddard</li> <li>Robert Harding</li> <li>Sue Hiley Harris</li> <li>Carol Hiles</li> <li>Harvey Hood</li> <li>Sue Hunt</li> <li>Dilys Jackson</li> <li>Glyn Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyn_Jones_(painter)" title="Martyn Jones (painter)">Martyn Jones</a></li> <li>Kay Keogh</li> <li>Pauline Le Britton</li> <li>Alison Lochhead</li> <li>Tiff Oben</li> <li>Heather Parnell</li> <li>Corinthe Rizvi</li> <li>Lisa Sanders</li> <li>Peter Spriggs</li> <li>Pete Williams</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikipedia articles are available on the following members and ex-members: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Crabtree_(artist)" title="Jack Crabtree (artist)">Jack Crabtree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Dalwood" title="Hubert Dalwood">Hubert Dalwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sinnott" title="Kevin Sinnott">Kevin Sinnott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Giardelli" title="Arthur Giardelli">Arthur Giardelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Heath_(painter)" title="Adrian Heath (painter)">Adrian Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Hicks-Jenkins" title="Clive Hicks-Jenkins">Clive Hicks-Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Alwyn_Hughes" title="Robert Alwyn Hughes">Robert Alwyn Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyn_Jones_(painter)" title="Martyn Jones (painter)">Martyn Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Koppel" title="Heinz Koppel">Heinz Koppel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lloyd_Jones" title="Mary Lloyd Jones">Mary Lloyd Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Malthouse" title="Eric Malthouse">Eric Malthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Nicol" title="Phil Nicol">Phil Nicol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prendergast_(artist)" title="Peter Prendergast (artist)">Peter Prendergast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shani_Rhys_James" title="Shani Rhys James">Shani Rhys James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Roberts" title="Will Roberts">Will Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Saunders_(artist)" title="David Saunders (artist)">David Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Setch" title="Terry Setch">Terry Setch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Steele_(artist)" title="Jeffrey Steele (artist)">Jeffrey Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Toynton" title="Norman Toynton">Norman Toynton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tyzack" title="Michael Tyzack">Michael Tyzack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Williams_(artist)" title="Sue Williams (artist)">Sue Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Zobole" title="Ernest Zobole">Ernest Zobole</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output 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a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGiardelli,_Arthur1976" class="citation book cs1">Giardelli, Arthur, ed. (1976). <i>The Artist and how to employ him</i>. Grŵp 56 Cymru 56 Group Wales. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9505005-0-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-9505005-0-X"><bdi>0-9505005-0-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Artist+and+how+to+employ+him&rft.pub=Gr%C5%B5p+56+Cymru+56+Group+Wales&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-9505005-0-X&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWoodley,_Frances2023" class="citation book cs1">Woodley, Frances, ed. (2023). <i>At Cross Purposes: 3-way conversations between two artists and a curator</i>. Abertystwyth University.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=At+Cross+Purposes%3A+3-way+conversations+between+two+artists+and+a+curator&rft.pub=Abertystwyth+University&rft.date=2023&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wakelin 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wakelin 1999, pp. 14–15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wakelin 1999, pp. 39–43</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Moore7-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Moore7_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moore7_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Moore7_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Art_in_Wales-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Art_in_Wales_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Art_in_Wales_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Rowan 1985, pp. 125–129</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, pp. 7, 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, pp. 11, 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, pp. 14–15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, pp. 22, 38, 58–9, 64–5, 69, 72.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Full listings of the membership appear in Moore 2012, pp. 88–91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 86. A full listing of exhibitions appears in Moore 2012, pp. 92–4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WM_three_new_shows-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WM_three_new_shows_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WM_three_new_shows_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WM_three_new_shows_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Bevan 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>South Wales Argus</i> 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moore 2012, p. 54: quoting "Painting: Kyffin Williams", <i>Avant Garde</i>, Spring/Summer 1981.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://56groupwales.org.uk/">"Homepage"</a>. 56 Group Wales<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Homepage&rft.pub=56+Group+Wales&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F56groupwales.org.uk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRowan1985" class="citation book cs1">Rowan, Eric (1985). <i>Art in Wales: an illustrated history 1850–1980</i>. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780708308547" title="Special:BookSources/9780708308547"><bdi>9780708308547</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Art+in+Wales%3A+an+illustrated+history+1850%E2%80%931980&rft.place=Cardiff&rft.pub=University+of+Wales+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=9780708308547&rft.aulast=Rowan&rft.aufirst=Eric&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWakelin1999" class="citation book cs1">Wakelin, Peter (1999). <i>Creu cymuned o arlunwyr : 50 mlynedd o'r Grŵp Cymreig / Creating an art community; 50 years of the Welsh Group</i>. Cardiff: <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum Wales">National Museum Wales</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7200-0472-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7200-0472-1"><bdi>0-7200-0472-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Creu+cymuned+o+arlunwyr+%3A+50+mlynedd+o%27r+Gr%C5%B5p+Cymreig+%2F+Creating+an+art+community%3B+50+years+of+the+Welsh+Group&rft.place=Cardiff&rft.pub=National+Museum+Wales&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-7200-0472-1&rft.aulast=Wakelin&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2009" class="citation news cs1">Moore, David (11 November 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/nov/11/arthur-giardelli-obituary">"Arthur Giardelli obituary"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. London<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Arthur+Giardelli+obituary&rft.date=2009-11-11&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fartanddesign%2F2009%2Fnov%2F11%2Farthur-giardelli-obituary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2012" class="citation book cs1">Moore, David (2012). <i>A Taste of the Avant-Garde: 56 Group Wales, 56 years</i>. Brecon: Crooked Window. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9563602-1-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9563602-1-2"><bdi>978-0-9563602-1-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Taste+of+the+Avant-Garde%3A+56+Group+Wales%2C+56+years&rft.place=Brecon&rft.pub=Crooked+Window&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-9563602-1-2&rft.aulast=Moore&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBevan2012" class="citation news cs1">Bevan, Nathan (2 April 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/radical-post-war-arts-collective-56-2031772">"Radical post-war arts collective the 56 Group returns in three new shows"</a>. <i>Western Mail</i>. Cardiff<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Western+Mail&rft.atitle=Radical+post-war+arts+collective+the+56+Group+returns+in+three+new+shows&rft.date=2012-04-02&rft.aulast=Bevan&rft.aufirst=Nathan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fshowbiz%2Fradical-post-war-arts-collective-56-2031772&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://content.yudu.com/Library/A20nlz/SouthWalesArgusGuide/resources/7.htm">"Art tour celebrates 56 years"</a>. <i>South Wales Argus</i>. Newport. 11 January 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=South+Wales+Argus&rft.atitle=Art+tour+celebrates+56+years&rft.date=2013-01-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.yudu.com%2FLibrary%2FA20nlz%2FSouthWalesArgusGuide%2Fresources%2F7.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160816210034/https://www.llgc.org.uk/information-for/press-and-media/press-releases/2016-press-releases/artists-in-the-archives-60-years-of-56-group-wales/">"Artists in the Archives: 60 Years of 56 Group Wales"</a>. National Library of Wales. 12 April 2016. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.llgc.org.uk/information-for/press-and-media/press-releases/2016-press-releases/artists-in-the-archives-60-years-of-56-group-wales/">the original</a> on 16 August 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Artists+in+the+Archives%3A+60+Years+of+56+Group+Wales&rft.pub=National+Library+of+Wales&rft.date=2016-04-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.llgc.org.uk%2Finformation-for%2Fpress-and-media%2Fpress-releases%2F2016-press-releases%2Fartists-in-the-archives-60-years-of-56-group-wales%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A56+Group+Wales" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=56_Group_Wales&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External 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