Between them Gwendoline Davies and Margaret Davies amassed one of the great British art collections of the 20th century. They bequeathed 260 works to the National Museum of Wales in 1951 and 1963, completely transforming its art collection in character, quality and range.
All images below are part of The Davies Sisters collection at National Museum Cardiff.

Paul Cézanne, Still life with teapot

Vincent van Gogh, Rain – Auvers

Camille Pissarro, Pont Neuf, snow effect, 2nd series

Jean-François Millet, The peasant family

Workshop of Sandro Botticelli, Virgin and Child with a Pomegranate

Honoré Daumier, Don Quixote Reading

Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral: setting sun