Fred Williams b. 23 January 1927

Also known as Frederick Ronald
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Painter and 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. He was also a printmaker who made almost 300 etchings.
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Name
Fred Williams
Also known as Frederick Ronald
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 - 22 April 1982 Melbourne, 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
Website

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Residences
  • 1927 - 1951 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1951 - c.1957 London, England, UK
  • 1957 - 22 April 1982 Melbourne, Vic.
  • Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1950 London, England, UK
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: Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr's Archive]', Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (postcard).>]
See alsos [<ExternalResource: '?IMAGE: 'Little Man Juggling' 1954-56, etching, aquatint, engraving, drypoint, foul biting, ink, artist's proof B 15.4 x 17.2 cm (plate), NGV, presented through Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Lynn Williams, Founder Benefactor, 1992.'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>] [<ExternalResource: '?IMAGE: 'Little Man Juggling' 1954-56, etching, aquatint, engraving, drypoint, foul biting, ink, artist's proof B 15.4 x 17.2 cm (plate), NGV, presented through Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Lynn Williams, Founder Benefactor, 1992.'.>, <ExternalResource: Hart, Deborah (2011), 'Fred Wiliams: Infinite Horizons'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>]
Trainings
  • 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
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
Field Changes
Death
Burial place Cremated Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne, VIC
Summary