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Sir Kyffin Williams KBE RA (
May 9 1918 –
September 1 2006) was a
Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl,
Llanfairpwll on the Island of
Anglesey.
He was born in
Llangefni,
Anglesey into an old landed Anglesey family, and was educated at
Shrewsbury School before joining the 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers as a lieutenant in
1937. After failing a
British Army medical examination in
1941 (due to
epilepsy), doctors advised him to become an artist, and so began the career of one of Wales' most prolific artists. A doctor advised him, "As you are, in fact, abnormal, I think it would be a good idea if you took up art".
Despite academic difficulties, Sir Kyffin enrolled at
London's
Slade School of Fine Art in 1941 and taught art at
Highgate School, London, where he was senior art master from 1944 until 1973. His pupils included Royal Academicians
Anthony Green and
Patrick Procktor and
composers
John Tavener and
John Rutter.
In
1968 he won a scholarship (
Winston Churchill Fellowship) to study and paint Welsh descendants in
Patagonia.
According to
BBC North West Wales, Kyffin Williams was one of the most popular living artists in Wales. His works typically drew inspiration from the Welsh landscape and farmlands. His works appear in many galleries all over Britain and is on permanent exhibition in
Oriel Ynys Môn, Anglesey. He was President of the
Royal Cambrian Academy and was appointed a member of the
Royal Academy in 1974.
In 1995, Sir Kyffin received the
Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales during the
Machynlleth Festival. He was awarded the
OBE for his services to the arts in 1982 and a
KBE in 1999.
He died on
September 1 2006, aged 88, at a nursing home in
Anglesey after a long battle with cancer.
The Welsh singer and
Manic Street Preachers frontman
James Dean Bradfield released a track called "Which Way to Kyffin" on his 2006 album
The Great Western, which is dedicated to Sir Kyffin Williams.
Bibliography
- Meic Stephens (Editor): The New Companion to the Literature of Wales (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1998) ISBN 0-7083-1383-3
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