Ceri Richards Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Ceri Richards
A Welsh Rhapsody: The Life and Art of Ceri Richards Born in the small village of Dunvant, near Swansea, in 1903, Ceri Giraldus Richards emerged from a uniquely nurturing environment that would profoundly shape his artistic vision. His father, Thomas Coslett Richards, was not merely a tinplate worker but a man steeped in culture—a poet who penned verses in both Welsh and English, and a choir conductor who filled the home with music. Thi
s blend of industrial practicality and creative expression, coupled with a mother descended from a family of craftsmen, instilled in young Ceri an appreciation for both the tangible world and the power of imagination. The Richards household was one where artistic pursuits were not luxuries but essential components of life; all three children learned to play the piano, becoming intimately familiar with the works of Bach and Handel along…