Swansea University Art Collection

Farm and Slate Fence by Gwilym Prichard

Gwilym Prichard was born in Llanystumdwy, near Criccieth, in 1931. He trained at Birmingham College of Art, then taught in Anglesey until 1973, after which he became a full-time artist. Around the early 2000’s, Gwilym assumed the mantle of senior figure in Welsh landscape painting and was one of Wales’ most admired and successful artists.

He was noted for his dramatic and colourful palette, and for applying the paint thickly and expressively into forms that pare the Welsh landscape down to its essentials. It has been said that Gwilym Prichard 'painted the bones beneath the land'. In so doing, he managed to display his joy in the richness and beauty of his native land.