Clearly “no Welsh art” was an absurd and unfounded statement, as Peter Lord says (Exhibition debunks ‘no Welsh art’ myth amid calls for permanent national gallery, 26 December). It seems to me, however, that Lord and others may be conveniently forgetting the fact that since 2011, the National Museum Cardiff has been designated as the national art gallery for Wales – “of an international standard that [tells] the unique story of Welsh art”.
It is true that the museum’s wider collection includes old masters and a wonderful collection of impressionist and post-impressionist art donated by the Davies sisters of Gregynog, but it also displays both earlier Welsh artists such as Richard Wilson and more contemporary Welsh artists including Augustus John, Kyffin Williams and Shani Rhys James.
