Previously unseen work by the late Abertridwr-born impressionist artist Peter Prendergast is to go on public display to mark ten years since his death.
A renowned landscape painter, Prendergast rose from humble beginnings to become an internationally-known artist.
The new exhibition at the Martin Tinney Gallery, in Cardiff, is running until November 4.
It is the first exhibition of Prendergast’s work since 2013, when the book The Art of Peter Prendergast, by Richard Cork, was launched.
The previously unseen work that forms most of the exhibition were on the walls of his house when he died aged 60 hill-walking in Gwynedd in 2007.
The exhibition represents a unique opportunity to see a selection of approximately 30 paintings and drawings dating from 1971 to 2005 – most of which have not been exhibited before.
All of the work in the exhibition will be for sale.
Prendergast was born in Abertridwr in 1946 and trained at Cardiff College of Art and the Slade School of Art, where he was taught by Frank Auerbach.
He lived and worked near Bangor, North Wales from 1970 up to his death in 2007. He was fiercely proud of his Welsh heritage, yet while his commitment to Wales and its spectacular scenery is clear, Prendergast’s work, and its appeal, stretches much further afield.
He exhibited widely in Britain and abroad, his popularity extending to the US and Australia, and his work is represented in many private and public collections including The Tate Gallery, The National Museum of Wales, Stadts Galerie, Stuttgart, The British Museum and The Arts Council Collection.
A new website dedicated to the work of Peter Prendergast has also recently launched at www.peterprendergast.co.uk.