Storm, Porth Cwyfan
WILLIAMS, Kyffin
Image: © Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - The National Library of Wales / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
The bay of Porth Cwyfan is on Anglesey, where Kyffin Williams lived from the 1970s until his death. The painting displays Williams’s well-known technique, that of thick, monochrome impasto, broadly applied with a palette knife. It is used here to evoke the drama of a rough sea.
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 3994
Creation/Production
WILLIAMS, Kyffin
Acquisition
Purchase, 9/7/1996
Measurements
h(cm) frame:94.3
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:145.4
w(cm)
h(in) frame:37 1/8
h(in)
w(in) frame:57 1/4
w(in)
Techniques
Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
Oil
Canvas
Location
in store
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