My friend and colleague Alistair Crawford, who has died aged 80, was a Scottish artist who transformed the visual arts in Wales.
In 1974 Alistair joined the visual art department at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University). There he reshaped the department according to his own philosophy, introducing a new integrated programme of art practice and art history. His eagerness to engage with students is still remembered by those he taught. In 1990 he was awarded a personal chair, as the university’s first professor of art.
