CARDIFF.- A key work by Christopher Wood (1901-1930) – a major artist in the British modern movement of the 1920s – has entered the Welsh national collection, and is on view at National Museum Cardiff. The Rug Seller, Tréboul, has been acquired by Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales from the Brecknock Art Trust for £190,000, with the support of £50,000 from the Art Fund – the national fundraising charity for works of art, the Cardiff-based Derek Williams Trust (£55,000) and an anonymous donor (£30,000). The work, which reflects the artist’s engagement with the Celtic culture and people of Brittany, has been in a Welsh private collection of modern art since 1948. It represents the exotic figure of an African rug seller selling his wares under the Calvary of the fishing village of Tréboul. The Rug Seller is a large painting from the peak of Wood’s career, made shortly before his tragic death