Fred Williams: a retrospective 1987 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Title
Fred Williams: a retrospective
Date
1987
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Date
1988
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Date
1988
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Date
1988
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Date
1988
Place
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Date
1988
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Date
1989
Place
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
Date
1990
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Organised by the NGA. Many people consider Fred Williams to be the most important artist of his generation. His vision of the Australian landscape was perceived as radical and perception altering. It is now commonplace for those who know his work to describe the countryside as 'looking like Fred Williams’.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGA annual report; AGNSW annual report

Exhibition Catalogue:
Fred Williams : a retrospective. Canberra: Publications Dept., Australian National Gallery, c1987.

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