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Morels of Cardiff were a shipping company, whose fortunes rose and faded on the development of the South Wales coalfields

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[edit] Morels of Cardiff

1876 = Philip & Thomas Morel, from Jersey, acquired their first stamship and set up Morel Bros., Shipping Company, Cardiff[1]

Many of the masters concerned came to the area with their employers eg many Channel Islanders came with the Morel Family when they moved to South Wales from the Channel Islands[2]


[edit] John Gibbs

John Morel Gibbs was born in 1912. After first studying Law at Cambridge, Gibbs qualified as an educational psychologist in 1940 and lectured in Psychology at University College Cardiff from 1945 until his retirement in 1977.

For John Gibbs and his wife Sheila art was central to everyday life and they purchased works for the home and gave paintings as gifts to mark family birthdays and anniversaries. Throughout their lives they were deeply involved in educational charities, theatre and the Methodist Church. Committed to the belief in the meditative power of art, John Gibbs was instrumental in the founding of the Methodist Church Collection of Modern Christian Art, focusing on religious themes, available for loan to churches, exhibitions and colleges. This collection included important works by Graham Sutherland, Eric Gill and Patrick Heron.

During the 1950s Gibbs turned his attention to contemporary Welsh art and established a significant collection of work by many of Wales' foremost artists, including Shani Rhys James, Jonah Jones, Ceri Richards and Ernest Zobole. In late 2004, an exhibition of art collected or given by John Gibbs to the museums of Wales was on display at the National Museum Cardiff[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobSanders/CDFF3.html
  2. ^ http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/CREWIN.html
  3. ^ http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/news/?article_id=84

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  • Category:Companies established in 1935
  • Category:Companies based in Wales