As An Artist
His works typically drew inspiration from the Welsh landscape and farmlands. His works appear in many galleries all over Britain and is on permanent exhibition in Oriel Ynys Môn, Anglesey. He was President of the Royal Cambrian Academy and was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in 1974.
In 1995 Williams received the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales during the Machynlleth Festival. He was awarded the OBE for his services to the arts in 1982 and a KBE in 1999.
During his later life, Williams befriended the artist Rolf Harris. Harris had always been an admirer of Williams's work and said that during exhibitions at the Royal Academy he would always immediately search for Kyffin's work.
The Oriel Kyffin Williams gallery was opened during the summer of 2008. The Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize was established, and is due to be awarded for the first time during 2009.
In February 2011 it was announced that Williams’s paintings of Patagonia would be shown for the first time. It is of note that his last passport, on show in the Oriel Ynys Môn gallery at Llangefni; 2004–2014, has the name Sir John Williams. Kyffin was his grandmother's maiden name.
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