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Peter Beresford Williams (March 18, 1952 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, educator, and social activist. His paintings have been described by writer and artist William Eckhardt Kohler as "in no particular order: hallucinogenic, acerbic, pained, beautiful, confessional, obsessive, critical, jarring, wild, weird, and profoundly human ...
- 1969-2021
- August 19, 2021 (aged 69), Wilmington, Delaware
- March 18, 1952, Nyack, New York
Sep 18, 2021 · Published Sept. 18, 2021 Updated Sept. 21, 2021. Peter Williams, whose colorful paintings — sometimes humorous, sometimes disturbing, often both — reflected his own history, Black history and ...
Aug 21, 2021 · Peter Williams (1952-2021) in front of his painting. COURTESY of the artist and the University of Delaware . Williams credited his high school art teacher Joe McDowell as a primary influence, and ...
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Aug 23, 2021 · Peter Williams, a genre-bending painter who explored the past and present of Black America through surreal narratives, has died at 69. Luis De Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, which represents the ...
B. NYACK, NY, 1952. D. WILMINGTON, DE 2021. Peter Williams made paintings that exist in the space between seductive beauty and abject horror—evoking the complex experiences of Black Americans in the contemporary age. Williams began painting as a teenager before receiving his BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and his MFA from ...
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Aug 27, 2021 · Peter Williams, 69, professor of painting at the University of Delaware and a prolific artist whose work over a half century explored issues of African American identity and experience and earned him wide recognition and numerous awards, passed away Aug. 19, 2021, at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, after a long illness.
Oct 7, 2021 · Recollections of Peter Williams (1952-2021), prolific painter and activist. By Susan Isaacs October 7, 2021. Susan Isaacs, who had the pleasure of curating Peter Williams twice, writes a thoughtful post on the painter's work and fondly reflects on their shared moments together. Susan misses Williams, and says his death is a loss to us all- both ...
