Esther Grainger - 'Old Pier, Penarth Docks' - 1961 - Esther, a Welsh artist, was born 1912 in Cardiff. She trained at the Cardiff School or Art between 1928 and 1934, and went on to teach art at a school in Pontypridd. Following WWII she was involved in the formation of a federation of Welsh Music and Art Clubs. Esther went on to teach in Caerphilly and afterwards in the Cardiff College of Education. As an artist she continued to paint and became associated with a group of artists who became known as the Rhondda Group. She died in 1990. [449]