Carboniferous Collision: Josef Herman's Epipany in Ystradgynlais
By Osi Rhys Osmond

February 2006

An account of Expressionist painter Josef Herman's life from his birth in Poland in 1911 to his formative years in Ystradgynlais during the 1940s-50s. Here he met his 'epiphany' in an encounter with Welsh miners coming off shift. Silhouetted against the evening sunset they provided him with a form he was to make his own. In the process he contributed hugely to 20th century Welsh art.

Price £10 (discount to IWA members) ISBN 1904773079