Peter Lord
Elected to RCA 2000
Born Exeter,1948. Lives in Aberystwyth. Studied Fine Art at the University of Reading.
From 1971-86 Peter Lord worked primarily as a sculptor but has since worked mainly as an art historian. He is currently a research fellow at the University of Wales, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies and has produced three volumes under the collective title of The Visual Culture of Wales.
His BBC series entitled ‘The Big Picture’ in 2000 examined and celebrated the traditions of Welsh Art from the Tudor period to the 1950s.
His book “Clarence Whaite and the Welsh Art World;The Betws-y-Coed Artists’ Colony 1844-1914 describes the early days of the Royal Cambrian Academy.