Valerie Ganz
{{Short description|British artist (1936–2015)}}
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Valerie Ganz (1936–2015) was a Welsh artist, known for her paintings of South Wales coal miners.{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Price |title=Artist Valerie Ganz explains her obsession with painting |work=Wales Online |date=30 October 2010 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/artist-valerie-ganz-explains-obsession-1894356 |access-date=11 February 2014}}{{cite web |author=|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/7-stunning-paintings-sum-up-10242189 |title= 7 stunning paintings which sum up the lagacy of artist Valerie Ganz |date=12 October 2015|access-date=24 December 2015|work=Wales Online}}
Life and work
Ganz grew up in Mumbles of Swansea. She studied art in Swansea then worked as a teacher and lecturer. In 1973 she left teaching to concentrate full-time on painting.{{cite web |title=Welcome to Valerie Ganz Website |work=|publisher=ValerieGanz.co.uk |url=http://www.valerieganz.co.uk/ |format= |access-date=11 February 2014}}
She developed an interest in the industrial heritage and landscapes of South Wales. During the 1980s she spent several days a week underground at 14 coal mines, sketching the miners at work. Her work was exhibited at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, in 1986.
She held her last major art exhibition in 2010 at the Attic Gallery in Swansea. She is an elected member of the Royal Cambrian Academy.{{cite web |title=List of Members - G - Valerie Ganz |work=|publisher=The Royal Cambrian Academy |url=http://www.rcaconwy.org/valerie_ganz-93.aspx |format= |access-date=11 February 2014}}
Fourteen of Ganz's paintings are held in UK public collections, including the National Coal Mining Museum for England, the National Library of Wales and the National Museum of Wales.{{Art UK bio|retrieved=11 February 2014|ref=1}}
She died suddenly on 28 September 2015 aged 79, after struggling with ill health.{{cite news |title=Tributes paid to acclaimed Swansea artist and miners' friend Valerie Ganz, who has died |work=South Wales Evening Post |date=30 September 2015 |url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Tributes-acclaimed-Swansea-artist-miners-friend/story-27899939-detail/story.html |access-date=26 December 2015}}
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External links
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Category:20th-century Welsh painters
Category:20th-century Welsh women artists
Category:21st-century Welsh painters
Category:21st-century Welsh women artists