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
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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Residences
  • 1927 - 1951 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1951 - c.1957 London, England, UK
  • 1957 - 1961 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1963 - 1969 Upwey, Dandenongs, Vic.
  • 1964 Europe (Travelling on Helena Rubenstein Scholarship)
  • 1969 - 1982 Hawthorn, Vic.
  • 1927 - 1951 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1951 - c.1957 London, England, UK
  • 1957 - 1963 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1964 Europe (Travelling on Helena Rubenstein Scholarship)
  • 1969 - 1982 Hawthorn, Vic.
Related people
  • Dargie, William (associate of)
  • Bell, George Frederick Henry (associate of)
  • Brack, John (friend of)
  • Boyd, Arthur (associate of)
  • Blackman, Charles (associate of)
  • Pugh, Clifton (associate of)
  • Williams, Lyn (spouse of)
  • Mollison, James (associate of)
  • McCaughey, Patrick (friend of)
  • Komon, Rudy (associate of)
  • Purves, Stuart (associate of)
  • Carnegie, Sir Roderick (associate of)
  • Dargie, William (associate of)
  • Bell, George Frederick Henry (associate of)
  • Brack, John (friend of)
  • Boyd, Arthur (associate of)
  • Blackman, Charles (associate of)
  • Pugh, Clifton (associate of)
  • Williams, Lyn (spouse of)
  • Mollison, James (associate of)
  • McCaughey, Patrick (friend of)
  • Komon, Rudy (associate of)
  • Purves, Stuart (associate of)
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Date modified Jan. 7, 2012, 10:57 p.m. Jan. 7, 2012, 9:36 p.m.