Exhibitions - Arddangosfeydd

Paul Peter Piech

Paul Peter Piech was born in 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, of Ukrainian parents, and settled in the UK following the second World War. He studied printmaking at Chelsea and worked in advertising for 20 years before returning to Chelsea to teach graphic design.

In 1959 Paul Piech set up The Taurus Press at his home in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, where he  worked on books and prints which explored new ways of combining text and imagery, often to reflect his deeply held views on pacifism and equality. His work was produced mainly through the medium of linocut and woodcut.

In 1986 Piech moved to Wales, where he involved himself passionately in the cultural life of the country, and continued producing work right up until his death in 1996.

From the collection of Yale College, Wrexham

 

Ganwyd Paul Peter Piech ym 1920 yn Brooklyn, Efrog Newydd a symudodd i Brydain ar ôl yr ail Ryfel Byd. Astudiodd wneuthuriad print yn Chelsea a gweithiodd yn y maes hysbysebu am 20 mlynedd cyn dychwelyd i Chelsea i ddysgu dylunio graffeg. Ym 1959 sefydlodd Wasg lle bu'n gweithio ar lyfrau a phrintiau oedd yn archwilio ffyrdd newydd o gyfuno testun a delweddau, yn aml yn adlewyrchu ei deimladau cryf ynglyn â phasiffistiaeth a chydraddoldeb. Symudodd i Gymru ym 1986 a bu'n gweithio yno tan ei farwolaeth ym 1996.