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Y Tywysogion - The Welsh Princes
(painted by Ivor Davies in 2006 for the so named S4C series)

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7 . 8

1=Hywel Dda, oil on canvas, 82x68cm / 2=Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, oil on canvas, 127x153cm / 3=Gruffudd ap Cynan, oil on MDF, 86x117cm / 4=Owain Gwynedd, oil on canvas, 134x193cm / 5=Lord Rhys, pure yellow pigment on gesso & hessian, 183x285cm / 6=Llywelyn Fawr, tempera on gesso & hesian, 183x285cm / 7=Llywelyn ein Llyw Olaf, oil on paper, 128x102cm / 8=Owain Glyndwr, tempera on MDF, 122x102cm


(photos by Marian Delyth, quoted from http://www.s4c.co.uk/tywysogion/e_contributors.shtml )

Hywel Dda (ap Cadell) who died in 950, Gruffudd ap Cynan (1055-1137), Owain Gwynedd (ap Gruffudd) (1100-1170), Lord Rhys (Rhys ap Gruffudd) (1132-1197), Llywelyn Fawr (Llywelyn ap Iorwerth) (1173-1240), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ('the Last') (1225-1282) and Owain Glyndwr (1354-1416).

Artist's Statement: 'I've always wanted to portray some of the Welsh princes, so this commission was a great opportunity. As the project developed, each one of the first eight princes seemed to correspond to a different colour of the rainbow. If you mix the colours of the rainbow together, they turn white and so the final prince, Owain Glyndwr is mainly white, which conveys vision and hope for the future.'