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Ceri Richards

1903

WA-00029112

Painting

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None documented

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ5064241 ULAN500013550

MoMA

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The Art of Assemblage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

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1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4902
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Ceri Richards was a British painter and printmaker whose abstractions emerged from close observation of landscape, particularly the Welsh coastline and interior architecture. Working across oil, watercolor, and etching, he developed a vocabulary of interlocking geometric forms and luminous color fields that distilled natural phenomena into essentialized compositions. Richards moved fluidly between figuration and abstraction throughout his career, his work gaining particular prominence in postwar Britain. His prints and paintings are characterized by a deliberate tension between linear structure and atmospheric depth.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York TateCity of Westminster

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Artworks (3)

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Sunken Cathedral

1959 · oil, sand, and mixed media on canvas

Unframed: 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

1945 · color lithograph; [small]

Sheet: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.); Image: 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Illustrations for a poem by Dylan Thomas

1945 · Lithograph

sheet: 19 15/16 x 14 15/16" (50.7 x 37.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (3)

3 published of 82 catalogued · 0 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued
+ 1 more source · 78 catalogued, not yet published

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2 entries · 1 sources

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sunken Cathedral
1959 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Museum of Modern Art Tate

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Tate

City of Westminster, United Kingdom

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Art of Assemblage

New York · 1961