Kyffin williams autobiography

  • Book overview.
  • The first autobiographical volume of the renowed Welsh artist describing the Wales of his childhood and his early years as a painter.
  • The autobiography of Kyffin Williams, prolific Welsh landscape and nature artist, comprising stories reflecting on his visits to various European countries.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. printed pages. 8 duotone pages of family photographic illustrations & 8 pages of illustrations of paintings. Woodblock illustrated chapter headings throughout. Signed in ink by Kyffin Williams in flourishing hand on half-title page. Printed map endpapers. x cm. Original red cloth. Gilt lettering along spine. Dustwrapper very slightly shelf worn. Price excised from lower corner of inner dustwrapper. Sir Kyffin Williams () was a Welsh painter best known for his depictions of the Welsh countryside, shepherds and their sheepdogs, livestock, and small villages. Williams paintings were primarily made with impasto palette knife marks and few brushstrokes, employing a limited palette consisting of gray and subtle greens that emanate the color found in the rocks and foliage of Wales. He went to the Slade School of Fine Art in London, also spending time painting in the Welsh settlement of Y Wladfa in Patagonia, Argentina in , thanks to the Winston Churchill Fellowship. Today, Williams works are in the collections of the National Library of Wales, the Government Art Collection in the United Kingdom, and the National Museum of Wales. Signed by Author(s).

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    Kyffin Williams

    Welsh maestro (–)

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    Personal life

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    Bibliographical Information
    ISBN: ()Publication Date: May
    Publisher: Y LolfaFormat: Paperback, x mm, pagesLanguage: English Not yet published (Available: 02 May ) Our Price: £ 
    Autobiography by Kyffin Williams (), perhaps Wales' most beloved landscape artist. Originally published in , the book paints a humorous picture of his childhood and early years as a painter, as well as of his extended family. Includes family portraits and illustrations by the artist.

    Sir John Kyffin Williams, OBE, RA () was a Welsh landscape painter from Anglesey. Williams is widely regarded as the defining artist of Wales during the 20th century. After failing a British Army medical examination during WWII because of epilepsy, he went to the Slade School of Fine Art in , then became an art teacher in London. After retiring, Williams returned to Anglesey and spent the next 30 years painting. His particular technique was applying thick oil paint with a palette knife, and he was predominately a landscape painter, typically drawing inspiration from the Welsh landscape and farmlands, though he was also an accomplished portraitist and cartoonist.