Casgliadau Arlein

Mae'r llun hwn yn un o gyfres o wyth o beintiadau o leiaf o'r un fodel, cymydog yn Meudon. Prynwyd hwn gan Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru ym 1935 am £20. Esboniodd yr arlunydd wrth ei ffrind Mary Anderson 'Roeddwn i eisiau arian felly fe ... anfonais [bum llun] ... i Loegr ... gwerthwyd un i amgueddfa ddarluniau ac fe gefais lythyr del iawn gan y cyfarwyddwr, felly nid oes arnaf angen arian ar y funud'. Mae'r llun yn llawn o lonyddwch, a gr'â'wyd i raddau trwy'r dewis o liw a thrwy ystum y ffigwr, ac yn rhannol gan ei thechneg. Mae'r paent mor sych, ac wedi ei ddefnyddio mor wastad, fel bod i'r ffigwr a'r cefndir yn union yr un ansawdd.

This is one of a series of at least eight paintings of the same model, a neighbour at Meudon, This one was bought by the National Museum of Wales in 1935 for £20. The artist explained to her friend Mary Anderson 'I wanted money so I ... sent [five pictures] ... to England ... one was sold for a museum of pictures & I had a very chic letter from the director, so now I don't want money for the moment'. The picture is full of serenity, achieved partly by the choice of colour and placing of the figure, and partly by her technique. The paint is so dry and so evenly applied that both figure and background have exactly the same texture.