The owner of Bala’s Palé Hall has invested more than £200,000 to create a gallery of important Welsh art. Owner Anthony Cooper-Barney and his estate director, Calum Milne, recently attended auctioneers Rogers Jones’ Welsh Sale and the British & European Fine Art auctions at Gregynog Hall, where he purchased 93 lots. Coming home to Eryri National Park, where Palé Hall is located, are nine works by famous Anglesey-based artist Sir Kyffin Williams, which together cost more than £100,000.
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“We aim to establish a gallery of leading Welsh ar.