SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS, R.A. (1918-2006)

'My Welsh inheritance must remain a strong force in my work, for it is in Wales that I can paint with the greatest freedom. I have worked in Holland, France and Austria, in Italy and in Greece, but none of these lovely countries I have found the mood that touches the seam of melancholy that is within most Welshmen, a melancholy that derives from the dark hills, the heavy clouds and the enveloping sea mists'. (K. Williams, Across the Straits: An Autobiography, London, 1973)