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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Name
Fred Williams
Also known as Frederick Ronald Williams
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Birth date
23 January 1927
Birth place
Richmond, Melbourne, Vic.
Death date
22 April 1982
Death place
Hawthorn, Vic.
Burial place
Cremated Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • 1944 - 1982
Residence
  • 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.
Training
  • painting and drawing, 1943 - 1949 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Painting and drawing, 1944 - 1949 George Bell School, Melbourne, VIC
  • painting and drawing, 1951 - 1955 Chelsea Art School, London, England, UK
  • Etching, 1954 - 1956 London Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists
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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)
  • Herald outdoor art show 1959 (exhibited at)
  • Herald outdoor art show 1953 (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)
  • Recent Australian Painting (exhibited at)
  • Crouch Prize (exhibited at)