Richard Short (artist)
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Richard Short was a Cornish
artist
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By 1881 Short had moved to Cardiff
where he worked as a Ship Broker Agent and lived at Terwarnel House, Newport Road. His grandfather, John Tregerthen Short was a master mariner who had also started his own Navigation School in St Ives. However by 1901 he had established himself as an artist, specialised in maritime scenes. From at least 1891 he resided at 22 The Walk, Cardiff. His works include scenes of Penarth
, Cardiff, the Bosphoros and Corsica
.
The Museum of Wales holds five works by Richard Short.
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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By 1881 Short had moved to Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
where he worked as a Ship Broker Agent and lived at Terwarnel House, Newport Road. His grandfather, John Tregerthen Short was a master mariner who had also started his own Navigation School in St Ives. However by 1901 he had established himself as an artist, specialised in maritime scenes. From at least 1891 he resided at 22 The Walk, Cardiff. His works include scenes of Penarth
Penarth
Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, 5.2 miles south west from the city centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...
, Cardiff, the Bosphoros and Corsica
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
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The Museum of Wales holds five works by Richard Short.