Fred Williams b. 23 January 1927

Also known as Frederick Ronald Williams
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Fred Williams' paintings of the Australian landscape can be seen as a modernist reinterpretation of the Heidelberg tradition. He was a figurative artist who valued abstract qualities, a maker of figures as well as landscape. Williams was also a printmaker who made almost 300 etchings.
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associate of
Sir William Dargie
Artist
student of
associate of
George Frederick Henry Bell
1878
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
student of
friend of
John Brack
1920
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Arthur Boyd
1920
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Charles Blackman
1928
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
associate of
Clifton Pugh
1924
Artist
spouse of
Lyn Williams
Other occupation
née Watson
associate of
James Mollison
Curator
friend of
Patrick McCaughey
Curator
associate of
Rudy Komon
Curator
associate of
Stuart Purves
Curator
associate of
Sir Roderick Carnegie
Other occupation
associate of
Rick Amor
1948
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Arthur Wakefield Bassett
1869
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Harold Freedman
1915
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Douglas Green
1921
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Frank Hodgkinson
1919
Artist
associate of
Nan Paterson
1923
Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Henry Spooner
1946
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Barbara Nancy Brash
1927
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Olsen
1927
Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Designer, Artist (Ceramist)
mentored
Murray Walker
1927
Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor)
SMH interview 2013

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Related events
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams & John Brack in Adelaide (exhibited at)
  • Tribute to Fred Williams (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: the Pilbara series 1979-1981 (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams gouaches (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: painter/etcher (exhibited at)
  • The enduring landscape: gouaches by Fred Williams (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a working method (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: works from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: Bass Strait landscapes 1971-1978 (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a retrospective (works on paper component) (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams' Pilbara: the Rio Tinto Pilbara series (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: the Pilbara series (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams etchings, 1970-76 and the Guthega paintings (exhibited at)
  • John Peart / Fred Williams (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams watercolours (exhibited at)
  • Paintings 1963-1977 (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: drawing the exotic (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: drawing the nude (exhibited at)
  • Heroic landscape: Williams and Streeton (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: recent paintings: a current working exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: from music hall to landscape, drawings and prints (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: the Pilbara series (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: paintings, gouches and lithographs 1976-1978 (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams & John Brack in Adelaide (exhibited at)
  • Tribute to Fred Williams (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: the Pilbara series 1979-1981 (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams gouaches (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: painter/etcher (exhibited at)
  • The enduring landscape: gouaches by Fred Williams (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a working method (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: works from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: Bass Strait landscapes 1971-1978 (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a retrospective (works on paper component) (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: a retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams' Pilbara: the Rio Tinto Pilbara series (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: the Pilbara series (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams etchings, 1970-76 and the Guthega paintings (exhibited at)
  • John Peart / Fred Williams (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams watercolours (exhibited at)
  • Paintings 1963-1977 (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: drawing the exotic (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: drawing the nude (exhibited at)
  • Heroic landscape: Williams and Streeton (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: recent paintings: a current working exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: from music hall to landscape, drawings and prints (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: the Pilbara series (exhibited at)
  • Fred Williams: paintings, gouches and lithographs 1976-1978 (exhibited at)