Education
Giardelli was raised in Surrey and attended Hertford College, Oxford, where he did a degree in Modern Languages.
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Arthur Giardelli
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He later trained at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, 1930-1934. He lived most of his life in Wales and was represented by the Grosvenor Gallery in London for a large part of his career. A Christian pacifist, influenced by Gandhi, he registered as a conscientious objector.
In 1948 Arthur Giardelli was one of the founders of the South Wales Group (which later became The Welsh Group) and the 56 Group Wales, which he later became president of towards the end of his life.
He was also a Contemporary Art Society for Wales and Welsh Arts Council committee member. He helped found the University Art Collection at Aberystwyth.
Giardelli’s work is held in many collections including the Tate, the National Museum of Wales, the National Library of Wales, Contemporary Art Society of Wales, Arts Council of Wales, Museum of Modern Art Wales, Brecknock Museum, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery together with museums and galleries in New York, Dublin, Nantes, Bratislava and Prague.
Achievements
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1970: the Visual Art prize at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 1973: was made an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire 1979: British Council Award winner 1979-1985: Honorary Fellow at University College Aberystwyth 1986: Silver Medal of the Czechoslovak Society for International Relations 2002 Cyfaill Celfyddyd Cymru (Friend of Welsh Art) medal from the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Personality
He was pro-active in bringing art into south Wales" communities: In the 1940s, the school where he taught being evacuated, he became part of the Dowlais Educational Settlement Movement, and was influential in setting up the Rhondda Group.
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Nationality
Welsh
Awards
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1970: the Visual Art prize at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 1973: was made an MBE 1979: British Council Award winner 1979-85: Honorary Fellow at University College Aberystwyth 1986: Silver Medal of the Czechoslovak Society for International Relations 2002 Cyfaill Celfyddyd Cymru (Friend of Welsh Art) medal from the National Eisteddfod of Wales.1970: the Visual Art prize at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 1973: was made an MBE 1979: British Council Award winner 1979-85: Honorary Fellow at University College Aberystwyth 1986: Silver Medal of the Czechoslovak Society for International Relations 2002 Cyfaill Celfyddyd Cymru (Friend of Welsh Art) medal from the National Eisteddfod of Wales.