Brangwyn Hall
Concert venue in Wales
The Brangwyn Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Brangwyn) is a concert venue in Swansea. It is named after the artist Frank Brangwyn, whose British Empire Panels, originally intended for the House of Lords, are displayed there.
History
The Brangwyn Hall was designed and built as part of the Swansea Guildhall in 1934 but, before the British Empire Panels could be installed, the ceiling of the hall had to be raised in order to show them off.
The British Empire Panels are sixteen large paintings by Frank Brangwyn which were commissioned in 1924 for the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords, to commemorate the First World War. Brangwyn had worked as an official war artist, and was selected by the sponsor Lord Iveagh, an Irish peer. He chose to create a "decorative painting representing various Dominions and parts of the British Empire", and five finished panels were displayed in 1930. The work was completed in 1932, but, after some sections of the media argued that the panels were too colourful and spirited, the House of Lords declined them. So Swansea Council acquired them instead.
Organ
The pipe organ (Welsh: Organ Neuadd y Brangwyn) has four manuals. It was designed by Henry Willis & Sons, and was originally built in 1921 for the Elite Picture Theatre, Nottingham.
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