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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References [<ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr's Archive]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (postcard).>, <ExternalResource: Hart, Deborah (2011), 'Fred Williams: Infinite Horizons'.>, <ExternalResource: Mollison, James (1968), 'Fred Williams Etchings'.>, <ExternalResource: McCaughey, Patrick (1987), 'Fred Williams 1927-1982'.>, <ExternalResource: Grant, Kirsty (National Gallery of Victoria) (1995), 'Fred Williams: A working method', Imprint 30/4 (summer 1995), pp 25-26.>, <ExternalResource: Mollison, James (1987), 'Fred Williams : a souvenir book of the artist's work in the Australian National Gallery', Canberra, ACT : Australian National Gallery.>, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr's Archive]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (postcard).>] [<ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr's Archive]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (postcard).>, <ExternalResource: Hart, Deborah (2011), 'Fred Williams: Infinite Horizons'.>, <ExternalResource: Mollison, James (1968), 'Fred Williams Etchings'.>, <ExternalResource: McCaughey, Patrick (1987), 'Fred Williams 1927-1982'.>]