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Fred Williams (artist) Frederick Ronald Williams OBE (23 January 1927 – 22 April 1982) was an Australian painter and printmaker. He was one of Australia’s most important artists, and one of the twentieth century's major landscapists. He had more than seventy solo exhibitions during his career in Australian galleries, as well as the ...
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Australian
- Pilbara series (1979–81)
Fred Williams was one of Australia's most important artists, and one of the twentieth century’s major painters of the landscape. He used oil, watercolour, etching and printmaking to capture the vast, flat and un-European Australian bush. He was influenced by the expressionist movement and the Aboriginal art of his country.
- Australian
- January 23, 1927
- Richmond, Victoria, Australia
- April 22, 1982
Learn about the life and work of Fred Williams, a painter and printmaker who depicts the Australian landscape in abstract and geometric forms. Explore his biography, artworks, influences, and legacy at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Oct 24, 2022 · A review of an exhibition of 160 drawings, 12 gouaches and 30 etchings by Fred Williams, one of Australia's most significant landscape artists of the second half of the 20th century. The reviewer explores his expressive style, his influences and his legacy in the context of his landscapes and figurative work.
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Fred Williams (1927–1982) was a leading abstract painter of the Australian landscape. MoMA holds 16 of his works, including his iconic Sherbrooke Forest series, and organized an exhibition of his landscapes in 1977.
Aug 12, 2011 · A major retrospective of Fred Williams' work, one of Australia's greatest painters, who created a distinctive way of seeing the Australian landscape. The exhibition showcases his large oil paintings, gouaches, portraits and studies of water and nature.
Learn about Fred Williams, one of Australia's most important artists and a major landscapist of the twentieth century. Explore his biography and 23 artworks in Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms.
