Gwilym Prichard
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| Born | Gwilym Arifor Prichard 4 March 1931 Royal Cambrian Academy |
Gwilym Arifor Prichard (né Pritchard; 4 March 1931 – 7 June 2015) was a Welsh
Early life
Born in the village of
Style
Noted for his "dramatic and colourful" depictions of "dense, craggy, often formidable landscapes" with "a three-dimensional quality",
Professional life
After leaving paid employment in the early 1970s, he became a full-time painter. In the early 1980s the couple began travelling through Europe, living for periods in Skiathos, Greece and Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittany, before settling in Pembrokeshire in 1999.[4] Prichard was awarded the silver medal by the Société Académique des Arts-Sciences-Lettres de Paris in 1995, and was an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales.[3] In later years he was regarded as the senior living Welsh landscape painter.[5] A major exhibition of his work was held in Cardiff in 2013,[6] and a monograph detailing his work, A Lifetime's Gazing, was published the same year.[7][4]
Death
Prichard died at his home in Tenby June 7, 2015.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Book review: Gwilym Prichard, Claudia Williams: A perfect picture of when love and art collide", The Independent, 22 September 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015
- ^ "Painter Ceri Pritchard returns to Wales to exhibit work". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Gwilym Prichard, Martin Tinney Gallery. Retrieved 7 June 2015
- ^ a b Karen Price, "Capturing Wales: One of our best-loved artists is celebrated with a new book and major exhibition", WalesOnline, 22 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015
- ^ "Renowned landscape artist Gwilym Prichard dies", BBC News, 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015
- ^ "Artist Gwilym Prichard's exhibition opens in Cardiff", BBC News, 12 April 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015
- ^ Amy McCauley, Review of Gwilym Prichard: A Lifetime’s Gazing by Harry Heuser and Robert Meyrick, New Welsh Review, issue 100, 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015
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