Kyffin Williams has become the most sought-after and recognisable Welsh artists of the 20th century. Having enjoyed a career spanning six decades Williams began his studies in art in 1941 when he attended the Slade School of art after which he went on to spend many years teaching part time at Highgate school in London. In the time when he was not teaching Kyffin would return to Wales and focus on painting. Focusing primarily on the Welsh landscape Williams never shied away from depicting the raw, grizzled, weather beaten landscapes he saw on a daily basis often adapting his technique to truly capture the strength and power of these scenes. Williams often worked with a palette knife rather than a brush applying thick tactile slabs of paint which truely captured the dramatic Welsh landscape.