"Josef Herman: the Polish painter who found himself in Wales", by Magie Gray, Art Historian and Writer, February 2, 2018

One warm evening in 1944, a group of Welsh miners crossed a bridge on their way home from work and changed an artist’s life forever.

The sun was low, and cast a glowing orange light across the scene. Probably the men didn’t notice Josef Herman watching: if they did spot him, they might have wondered how a young Polish émigré painter had found himself in the small town of Ystradgynlais. But to Herman it was the miners, not he, who were the noteworthy sight:

'For a split second their heads appeared against the full body of the sun, as against a yellow disc – the whole image was not unlike that of an ico...