T. H. Thomas
Thomas Henry Thomas (31 March 1839–9 July 1915) was a Welsh artist particularly active in Cardiff. He was also interested in botany, geology, history, and archaeology which were often the subjects of his art works. He was a Fellow of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art which was established in 1881. He was a leading force behind the founding of the National Museum of Wales and in the use of the red dragon symbolizing Wales.[1][2][3]
Thomas was born on 31 March 1839 in Pontypool, where his father was president of the Baptist College, though his parents were from Cardiff. [1] He studied at Bristol School of Art, Carey's Art School, London, then the Royal Academy Schools, before travelling to Paris and Rome. He returned to London in 1861 to work as a painter and illustrator.[1]
In 1866 Thomas returned to settle in Cardiff[2] (Thomas's father had retired there). He inherited his father's house on The Walk in 1880 and this became a place for intellectual discussion in the town.[4] He became very active in the Cardiff Naturalists Society (being president for a while[5]), the Cambrian Academy of Art and the Welsh National Eisteddfod.[1]
He died on 5 July 1915.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Thomas, Thomas Henry". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
- 1 2 "The unique prints and drawings of T. H. Thomas". National Museum of Wales. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
- ↑ Hutchings, Christabel (2014). "T. H. Thomas (1839-1915): a founding father of the national museum of Wales" (PDF). Friends' newsletter and magazine: 9–12.
- ↑ Lord, Peter (2000), The Visual Culture of Wales: Imaging the Nation, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 301–303, ISBN 0-7083-1587-9
- ↑ Thomas, Thomas Henry (1887). The excursion of members of the British Association from Montreal to the Rocky Mountains, September, 1884.