Claudia Williams b.1933
Born in Surrey in 1933, Claudia moved to Wales with her family in 1946. She trained at Chelsea School of Art from 1950 to 1953.
As a child, Claudia’s gift for draughtsmanship was evident and she won several national prizes and scholarships for her drawings. At the age of sixteen she attended Chelsea School of Art, where, again, her draughtsmanship was recognised with a scholarship. After Chelsea, she returned to Wales to marry Gwilym Prichard in 1954, and so begin a remarkable shared life of painting and homemaking, bringing up their four children and exhibiting.
Both Claudia and Gwilym were already well-established figures in the Welsh art scene before moving to the European mainland and eventually settling in France, where they soon consolidated their success. Each was awarded the Silver Medal by The French Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters in 1995, and was also elected to the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris having lived in Brittany for 15 year. They returned to Wales in 2001.
Claudia’s paintings and drawings have always reflected the domestic world of children and grandchildren, family gatherings and seaside trips. Her obvious love of the subject matter, allied with a rigorous eye for composition, her use of colour, and the quality of her draughtsmanship, all combine to produce paintings of great integrity. She creates works with wide appeal while avoiding sentimentality.
Her work has been widely exhibited over the past 40 years and is included in many public and private collections.
Wedi'i geni yn 1933, mae Claudia Williams wedi'i sefydlu fel un o artistiaid mwyaf poblogaidd Cymru. Mae'n byw a gweithio yng Nghymru. Yn 1995 enillodd Fedal Arian gan Academi Celf, Gwyddoniaeth a Llenyddiaeth Paris, yn adnabyddiaeth am ei chyfraniad tuag at y celfyddydau yn Ffrainc.
Fel plentyn fe enillodd nifer o wobrau cenedlaethol am ei darlunio, ac yn un ar bymtheg oed enillodd ysgoloriaeth i fynd i Ysgol Gelf Chelsea. Yn 1954 symydodd i fyw yng Ngogledd Cymru lle priododd yr arlunydd Gwilym Prichard gan ddechrau bywyd prysur o beintio, arddangos, a magu pedwar o blant.
Mae paentiadau a lluniau Claudia yn adlewyrchu y cylch teuluol; plant, wyrion, a theithiau glan y môr, ac mae ei chariad at ei thestun, gyda llygad am wneuthuriad a lliw, yn cyfuno i gynhyrchu paentiadau gydag apêl mawr.
Mae gwaith Claudia wedi cael ei arddangos yn rheolaidd dros y 40 mlynedd diwethaf, gan gynnwys arddangosfa boblogaidd yn Llyfyrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. Mae ei gwaith mewn llawer o gasgliadau cyhoeddus a phreifat.
Public Collections
Arts Council of Wales
National Library of Wales
MOMA Wales
Newport Museum & Art Gallery
Hereford City Art Gallery
Southampton City Art Gallery
University of Wales, Cardiff
University of Wales, Bangor
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
North Wales Arts Association
Marks and Spencer Ltd
Hotel de Region, Nantes
Gwynedd Education Authority
Gwent Education Authority
Contemporary Arts Society for Wales
Clwyd Education Authority
Cassells Publishers, London
Cardiff Education Authority
Bodley Head Publishers, London
Government Collection
Public Collections Worldwide.
Fellow of the University of Wales, Bangor
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