Kyffin Williams
Nicholas Sinclair(Editor)
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Published on 28. April 2004
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-85331-896-5 (ISBN)
Description
Kyffin Williams RA (b.1918) is the central figure in contemporary Welsh painting and this book, the first monograph to be published on the artist, examines the full range of his work from the mid-1940s to the present day.
From the outset of his career, Kyffin Williams took both landscape and the people of North Wales as his subjects, and he has remained faithful to them for almost sixty years. He has realised, through his oil paintings, his watercolours and his drawings, the spirit of a mountainous landscape and its inhabitants that now forms the cornerstone upon which we understand and visualise the essence of North Wales.
Including an authoritative introductory essay by Ian Jeffrey, one of Britain's leading art historians, the book also profiles ten sites in North Wales where the artist has worked throughout his career. The inclusion of a range of location photographs by Nicholas Sinclair helps to explain both Williams' inspiration and how he interprets the world around him.
Kyffin Williams encapsulates all aspects of Wales' most famous living artist and is consequently an invaluable resource for both scholars and art collectors.
From the outset of his career, Kyffin Williams took both landscape and the people of North Wales as his subjects, and he has remained faithful to them for almost sixty years. He has realised, through his oil paintings, his watercolours and his drawings, the spirit of a mountainous landscape and its inhabitants that now forms the cornerstone upon which we understand and visualise the essence of North Wales.
Including an authoritative introductory essay by Ian Jeffrey, one of Britain's leading art historians, the book also profiles ten sites in North Wales where the artist has worked throughout his career. The inclusion of a range of location photographs by Nicholas Sinclair helps to explain both Williams' inspiration and how he interprets the world around him.
Kyffin Williams encapsulates all aspects of Wales' most famous living artist and is consequently an invaluable resource for both scholars and art collectors.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
15ill.80col.ill.
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 257 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
1016 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85331-896-5 (9780853318965)
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Content
Contents: Preface; Welsh Paintings: The Art of Kyffin Williams; The Works of Kyffin Williams; A Painter's View: Ten Locations; Chronology; List of Works; Solo Exhibitions; Collections.