ISBN: 9781911584087
Publication Date: 16 February 2018
Publisher: Cyhoeddiadau Barddas, Swansea
Edited by David Meredith
Format: Paperback, 185x240 mm, 168 pages
Language: Bilingual (Welsh and English)
This new edition of the extremely popular illustrated volume in the 'Bro a Bywyd' series is published to coincide with the centenary of Kyffin Williams' birth - a sincere portrait in words and pictures of the inspired artist. ISBN of first edition: 9781906396046
The following has been provided by the Publisher:
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Early Times
Shrewsbury School
Joining the Army
To College, To the Slade
Inspiration
To the Continent - painting abroad
Teacher at Highgate School, London
Patagonia
Kyffin's Haven, Pwllfanogl
Kyffin and Oriel Mon
His Beloved Anglesey
Kyffin the Cartoonist
Kyffin's designs and influence
Kyffin, an Inspiration and Portrait Artist
Kyffin and the Welsh Language
Honours
Supporting the Arts
Museums and Galleries
Celebrating his Eightieth Birthday
Conquering Venice
Y Cambrian
Author Biography:
David Meredith is Chair of The Sir Kiffin Williams Trust, and his longstading friendship with the famous artist has lead to notable publications, including a bilingual biography, Obsessed which he wrote with John Smimth (Gomer, 2012) and Golau ar y Gamlas/ Drawn to the Light (Kyffin Williams in Venice) (Anglesey County Council, 2013)
Further Information:
'John Kyffin Williams was Wales' greatest artist. During the thirty five years that I knew him, he never ceased to amaze me with his perserverance, his determination and his discipline in his chosen profession of 'making a living by painting.' (David Meredith, editor)
