{"title":"Robert Gladden : Painter : Swansea","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow living in South Wales, Robert Gladden spent much of his life in eastern England, beneath its vast, overarching skies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough an alumnus of the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture (1994–95), Robert is largely self-taught as an artist. He works primarily in mixed media, combining watercolour, pen and ink, oil pastel and collage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a background in architecture, it is perhaps unsurprising that buildings feature prominently in his work. Robert was part of the team tasked with completing Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, described as the last Gothic Revival building in Britain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis artistic influences are wide-ranging, from Renaissance architectural pattern books and Edwardian illustrators such as F. L. Griggs, to artists as diverse as Moroni and David Hockney. However, his greatest inspiration comes from the British Romantic and Neo-Romantic traditions. Samuel Palmer and the twentieth-century artist John Piper are particular favourites.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth Palmer and Piper, like many others drawn to these traditions, travelled to Wales in search of inspiration, including the beautiful Tywi Valley. It seems fitting that Robert has now made South Wales his home, surrounded by the very landscapes that have inspired generations of artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"foliate-head","title":"Foliate Head","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003eLikely originating in Classical Antiquity where they were used as architectural ornament, this fascinating visual form passed into the Christian Middle Ages where it took on a number additional symbolic meanings. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMixed media : Collage made with paper culled from magazines, scarps of wrapping paper, and marbled paper made by the artist.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eImage Dimensions : 22cms x 28cms\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementToProof\"\u003eFramed Dimensions : 33.5cms x 39.5cms\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"_dragging\" class=\"elementToProof\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis artwork is offered framed \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease note the two prices - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you are visiting the gallery or using click \u0026amp; 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