Gwilym Pritchard b 1931

Thrussington, Leicestershire 

Oil on Paper 27 x 46

Gwilym Pritchard is a painter in oil and tempera, notable for landscapes and still life, born at Llanystumdwy, Carnarvonshire. He was married to the artist Claudia Williams, his brother being the painter Arthur Pritchard. He studied at Normal College, Bangor, and Birmingham College of Art, 1960-4, where he did little painting, concentrating on ceramics and weaving. Pritchard held several teaching posts, latterly at Friars’ School, Bangor, settling at Anglesey, an area of key importance to his painting. He decided to become a full-time artist in 1973, settling near the border with England, commissioned work including some for British Army in Belfast. In 1978 an East Midlands Arts Association bursary funded a record of National Trust properties in the St Davids area of Pembrokeshire. In 1979 Pritchard returned to north Wales, where he became a part-time teacher with University College, Bangor’s extra-mural department, also teaching at Plas Tanybwich, Maentwrog. Pritchard was a member of RCamA, also exhibiting with Royal National Eisteddfod, WAC, SEA and NWG. Had regular solo shows, starting with Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff, in 1961, other venues including New Art Centre and Heal’s Mansard Gallery. St Michael’s Church, Ruabon, Clwyd, has a mosaic by Pritchard, whose work is in many public collections, including University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, WAC and CASW.