Welsh maestro's Irish connection

Leading Sotheby's sale of 20th Century British and Irish Art this week are three magnificent works by the Welsh maestro Kyffin Williams: Rhoscryman, Anglesey (€21,900-€29,200); A Hill Farmer and his Dog (€26,300-€36,500); and, for my money the best o

Leading Sotheby's sale of 20th Century British and Irish Art this week are three magnificent works by the Welsh maestro Kyffin Williams: Rhoscryman, Anglesey (€21,900-€29,200); A Hill Farmer and his Dog (€26,300-€36,500); and, for my money the best of the trio, A View of Blaven, Isle of Skye (€17,500-€26,300).

Williams grew up with the black Welsh mountains as his muse. His fate was settled when, in 1941, he was turned down by the ...