Charles Wyatt Warren

Charles Wyatt Warren (1908 - 1993)

Charles Wyatt Warren was a 20th Century Welsh landscape artist, and contemporary of world-renowned painter Kyffin Williams.

Born in Caernarfon in 1908, he attended a local grammer school and attended London University before begining a career within the Caernarfon County Council. He began painting as a hobby, but became remarkably prolific, producing 20-40 paintings a year. He worked incredibly fast!

His work focused primarly on the Snowdonian Landscapes and was a founding member of the North Wales Group and the Caernarfon School of Welsh Landscape painters. His earlier works demonstrate a more classical style, oftern featuring intricate details of silver birch trees - highlighting his technical painting ability. Towards the 70's and 80's, his work began to evolve to a looser more impressionistic style. He would utilise a palette knife to create sculpted impasto. 

His work is recognisable for its wild depicition of nature, often mountainous and frequently depicting a solitary dwelling. He was particularly