Aur o Gymru’r Oes Efydd

Tanc mewn Brwydr

BRANGWYN, Sir Frank William (Brangwyn was born in Bruges to an Anglo-Welsh father and Welsh mother from Brecon. The family moved back to Britain and by the age of fifteen Brangwyn was studying under designer and socialist William Morris. As he became successful as a painter, etcher and lithographer, Brangwyn began to travel widely across the world. He had an international reputation at the time of the First World War and was a member of the Senefelder Club, which promoted the medium of lithography.)

Cymry oedd rhieni Brangwyn a châi ei waith ei werthfawrogi'n fawr yng Nghymru. Mae'r darlun hwn yn un o nifer o olygfeydd rhyfel o'r cynllun cyntaf a gafodd ei wrthod ar gyfer yr Oriel Frenhinol ym Mhalas Westminister. Comisiynwyd yr addurniadau hyn gan yr Arglwydd Iveagh fel cofeb i'w gyfoedion a'u perthnasau a laddwyd yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Ym 1927-33, peintiodd yr arlunydd ail gynllun yn dangos yr Ymerodraeth Brydeinig. Cafodd hwnnw hefyd ei wrthod a'i osod wedyn yn Neuadd Brangwyn yn Neuadd y Ddinas, Abertawe.