Eirian Llwyd
{{Short description|Welsh artist (1951–2014)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Eirian Llwyd
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1951}}
| birth_place = Denbigh, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|01|29|1951|||df=y}}
| death_place = Bangor, Wales
| nationality = Welsh
| field = Printmaker
| training =
| movement =
| works =
| patrons =
| awards =
| spouse = {{marriage|Ieuan Wyn Jones|1974}}
}}
Eirian Llwyd (1951 – 29 January 2014) was a Welsh artist and wife of former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones.
Biography
Llwyd was born at Prion near Denbigh, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-25966620|title=Eirian Llwyd, artist and wife of Ieuan Wyn Jones, dies|work=BBC News|accessdate=24 February 2016}} After nursing in Liverpool between 1969-73 she worked as a midwife at St Asaph Hospital. In 1974 she married Ieuan and was supportive of his political career in Parliament, Assembly Member, Leader of Plaid Cymru and Deputy First Minister in the One Wales Government.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/eirian-llwyd-wife-former-plaid-6648278|title=Eirian Llwyd, wife of former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan, dies aged 63|author=Tom Bodden|date=30 January 2014|work=northwales|accessdate=24 February 2016}}
Llwyd was a proud nationalist and campaigned alongside Cymdeithas yr Iaith in protest for the Welsh language between the 1960s and 1970s. She also promoted women's positions in politics and helped reconfigure Plaid’s constitution in the 1980s to secure women in Plaid’s major committees. Along with her charity work, Llwyd established the Rhyl branch of Women’s Aid in the 1970s and 1980s.{{cite web|url=https://www.partyof.wales/news/2014/01/30/a-tribute-to-eirian-llwyd/|title=A tribute to Eirian Llwyd|accessdate=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305131753/https://www.partyof.wales/news/2014/01/30/a-tribute-to-eirian-llwyd/|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
In 2001, Llwyd focused on art and graduated at Cardiff Institute specializing in the field of print. Thereafter she was regularly exhibited in Wales and abroad.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/art-late-eirian-llwyd-exhibited-10198643|title=Art by the late Eirian Llwyd to be exhibited at Y Senedd in Cardiff|author=Eryl Crump|date=5 October 2015|work=northwales|accessdate=24 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aravenabovepress.org/collections/celtic-family-magazine-collection/products/celtic-family-magazine-fall-2014-issue-5|title=Celtic Family Magazine Fall 2014 Issue #5|accessdate=24 February 2016|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305230607/https://www.aravenabovepress.org/collections/celtic-family-magazine-collection/products/celtic-family-magazine-fall-2014-issue-5|archivedate=5 March 2016}} Her success helped co-establish a gallery called The Original Print Place, to bring promote a number of other Welsh artists.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/anglesey-print-maker-opens-studio-2637549|title=Anglesey print maker opens studio to shed light on her craft|author=northwales Administrator|date=22 March 2013|work=northwales|accessdate=24 February 2016}}
At the age of 63, Llwyd died at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor after a short battle with cancer. In January 2015 it was announced a Memorial Fund would be set up in her name to provide grants for new Welsh artists that specialize in printmaking.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/new-art-award-memory-anglesey-10577014|title=New art award in memory of Anglesey artist Eirian Llwyd|author=Eryl Crump|date=10 December 2015|work=northwales|accessdate=24 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.wales/arts-in-wales/inspire/make/eirian-llwyd-memorial-award|title=Arts Council of Wales - Eirian Llwyd Memorial Award|accessdate=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303024048/http://www.arts.wales/arts-in-wales/inspire/make/eirian-llwyd-memorial-award|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Llwyd, Eirian}}
Category:20th-century British printmakers
Category:20th-century Welsh women artists
Category:21st-century Welsh women artists