Will Roberts (1907 – 2000): A Vision of Welsh Landscape Will Roberts (21 December 1907 – 11 March 2000) was a Welsh expressionist painter whose distinctive style captured the spirit of rural Wales and cemented his place as a pivotal figure in the influential 56 Group Wales collective. Born in Ruabon, Denbighshire, to parents involved in the railway industry—specifically the Great Western Railway—Roberts’ formative years instilled within him an appreciation for observation and detail, skills that would prove invaluable throughout his artistic career. Moving to Neath in Glamorgan in 1918, he c…