Product Description

'Across the Straits' is Sir Kyffin Williams's first autobiographical volume and was published originally in 1974. In it, he paints a picture of the Wales of his childhood - 'a land of ochres and umbers' - and describes his early years as a painter. He also sketches impressions of a remarkable family, one that over the centuries has produced its crop of landowners, clerics, soldiers, eccentrics, sportsmen, matriarchs, gamblers, MPs and copper magnates. To complement the storytelling of this naturally humorous raconteur, a fascinating album of old family portraits and the artist's own illustrations have been included. The result is an entertaining and informed insight into the early life of a character, and painter whose talents have taken him all over the world, but whose roots and inspiration remain undeniably Welsh. As Sir Kyffin himself says, 'Most landscape painters react to their own country more strongly than to any other and I am happy to remain in Wales and paint my own particular part of it.'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #268492 in Books
• Published on: 1993-11-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 223 pages

Customer Reviews

Interesting insite into how he became a successful painter
I suppose it comes easy to Welsh people to write (or talk) - this book is just as though he is talking to you. Beautifully written and amusing as well as very sad in places. I also liked his illustrations, which I assume only appear in the book