Painter, illustrator and teacher, born in Dagenham, Essex. He studied at Hornsey School of Art, 1955–61. Taught at Royal College of Art from 1979. Kiff’s pictures were in many mixed shows and in 1986 he was included in Royal College of Art’s Exhibition Road show. Solo exhibitions were at Nicola Jacobs Gallery and Fischer Fine Art; he had a retrospective at Serpentine Gallery in 1986; and in 1993–4 Kiff’s work done as the result of a prolonged residency, was shown at National Gallery. The artist was noted for lush, apparently naïve pictures. The Arts Council holds a number, such as Man Greeting Woman, of 1965–6, and A Knife and Fork Jumped Up from the Dresser, of 1977. He illustrated Folk Tales of the British Isles, edited by M Foss, published in 1977.