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Gwendoline Davies
Welsh philanthropist (1882–1951)
Gwendoline Elizabeth Davies, CH (11 February 1882 – 3 July 1951) was a Welsh philanthropist and patron of the arts who, with her sister Margaret, is recognised as the most influential collector of Impressionist and 20th-century art in Wales. She and her sister were independently wealthy, their fortune inherited from the businesses created by their grandfather, the industrialist David Davies.2
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Born Feb 11, 1882, died Jul 3, 1951.1
About
Davies and her sister created one of the most important private collections of art in Britain and donated their total of 260 works to what is now the National Museum Wales in the mid-20th century.
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Companies
Early life and education
Gwendoline Davies was born at Llandinam, daughter of Edward Davies and his wife Mary, who was the daughter of Evan Jones, a Calvinistic Methodist minister. Edward was the only son of the industrialist and philanthropist David Davies. Gwendoline's brother David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, was elevated to the Peerage in 1932 and her sister was Margaret. Both girls were educated at Highfield School in Hendon.
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Career
Occupation: art collector, philanthropist.4
- Date not recordedFounded Welsh Town-Planning and Housing Trust3
Personal life
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Sources
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- 1WikidataGwendoline Davies on Wikidata
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