Background
Cour was born in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Glenys Cour
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From 1945 until 1948, she studied at Cardiff College of Art under Ceri Richards.
Career
From 1963 to 2000, she taught painting and architectural glass at Swansea Institute of Higher Education, and the University of Wales, Swansea. She was elected Royal Cambrian Academician in 2009 and is also one of the founding artists of Swansea"s Mission Gallery. Glenys Cour"s artwork has been exhibited widely in Europe and the United States, with major exhibitions in her home country of Wales at Saint David"s Hall in 1991, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2003, the Attic Gallery, Swansea in 2005 and a major retrospective exhibition, curated by Mel Gooding, scheduled for the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in 2014.
Film maker Toril Brancher has been commissioned by the gallery to make a film about Glenys Cour and her artwork as part of the exhibition.
Her artwork is held in several public and private collections, including the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, The National Museum of Wales, The Kunsthalle Mannheim Museum, Swansea University, Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery and the University of South Wales.
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Membership
Cour has been a member of The Welsh Group for a number of years, taking part in many of the group"s exhibitions, including its 50th anniversary in 1998.
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