Dan Llywelyn Hall (born 1980) is an artist who grew up in

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, South Wales. Known for his landscapes and portrait paintings, Hall has exhibited throughout the UK in public galleries such as the

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with his portrait ''The Last Tommy''. In 2013 he was commissioned by the WRU to paint a portrait of

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becoming the 133rd artist to sit portray her. In 2015, Hall became the first artist-in-residence at the

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. For the 75th anniversary of the

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, he made 133 portraits of all the men who participated in the mission. In 2021, Hall completed an exhibition and book ''Walking with Offa / Cerdded gydag Offa'' - a collaboration with poets including

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and

Ifor ap Glyn Ifor ap Glyn (born 1961) is a Welsh television presenter and Welsh-language poet.Harry Patch Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the world's last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World ...

. Dan Llywelyn Hall became the 133rd artist to officially paint a portrait of

, titled ''Icon'' and commissioned by the

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. In 2014, Hall's portrait of

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was unveiled in the Wales Office by the Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones. In 2022, Hall attended the Queen's funeral procession and depicted it in the ''Queen's Procession in Real Time''. In 2024, his exhibition called ''The Reign'' featured portraits of

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, Henry VI,

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(depicted as

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), and

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(depicted as

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). In 2016 he painted a portrait of

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, titled ''An East End Girl''. Windsor unveiled it at L'Escargot, London. Hall also made a portrait of pop singer

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, which Almond unveiled in 2019. In September 2023 a portrait of

Owain Glyndwr Owain () is a name of Welsh origin, variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein, Eugein, Euguen, Iguein, Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Yuein, and in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, and Ywein. Other variants of the name Owain include Ewein, Iguein, Owein, Ouein, Y ...

was unveiled at

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- the family home of the Welsh prince.

Public collections

Source:

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with ''The Last Tommy'' (

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), and ''The Last Volunteer'' (

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), both veterans of WW1. MoMA Wales acquired ''Fan-Hir'' for its permanent collection in 2005.

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has 25 items by or related to Hall. The Contemporary Art Society of Wales has an oil painting of Hall's, ''The Wreckage of Carnedd Llewellyn''. The

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has a drawing of Harry Patch entitled ‘The Last Tommy - Study for Harry Patch’ by Hall

Campaigning

In 2017, Hall led a campaign to save Sheffield Street Trees in which he depicted some of the trees under threat. In 2018, Hall was invited to support the anti-HS2 campaign which threatened Euston Square Gardens. In 2021, Hall was involved in a campaign to save parts of

Offa's Dyke Offa's Dyke () is a large linear Earthworks (Archaeology), earthwork that roughly follows the England–Wales border, border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa of Mercia, Offa, the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon king of Mer ...

Awards

In 2009 Hall was one of 51 exhibitors in the 2009 BP Portrait Award with ''The Last Tommy''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Dan Llywelyn Welsh contemporary artists 1980 births Living people