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- Sir John Kyffin Williams, OBE, RA (9 May 1918 – 1 September 2006) was a Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, on the Island of Anglesey. Williams is widely regarded as the defining artist of Wales during the 20th century.
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Sir John Kyffin Williams, OBE, RA (9 May 1918 – 1 September 2006) was a Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, on the Island of Anglesey. Williams is widely regarded as the defining artist of Wales during the 20th century.
Occupation: painter and author. Area of activity: Art and Architecture; Literature and Writing. Author: David Meredith. Kyffin Williams was born at Tanygraig, Llangefni, Anglesey, on 9 May 1918, the second son of Henry Inglis Wynne Williams (1870-1942), a bank manager, and his wife Essyllt Mary (1883-1964), daughter of Richard Hughes Williams ...
Sir John Kyffin Williams, (9 May 1918 – 1 September 2006) was a Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, on the Island of Anglesey. Williams is widely regarded as the defining artist of Wales during the 20th century.
Jul 3, 2014 · He is widely acclaimed as Wales’ most successful artist in terms of image-making, sales and popularity. Williams belonged to Upper Class Wales, but spent his life portraying Welsh Wales (its people and landscape), and with a few rare exceptions, ignored portraying Industrial Wales.
Oct 26, 2009 · At once a pillar of the establishment and a thorn in its side, Sir Kyffin Williams is regarded as one of the defining artists of the twentieth century, famous for rugged landscapes of his...
Feb 16, 2018 · A landscape and portrait painter, a draughtsman, writer, lecturer, cartoonist and raconteur, John “Kyffin” Williams is the one of the most famous figures within Welsh art. Best known for his impasto landscapes of Wales and vigorous portraits of local and national personalities, his style has become the epitome of the nation, and his work a ...
John Kyffin Williams was born near Llangefni on the 9th May, 1918. He spent his early years away from Anglesey after his father was made a bank manager at Chirk. The family later lived briefly in Beaumaris and then in Pentrefoelas on the Llŷn.
