Fred Williams | [stub] |
painter and printmaker, made almost 300 etchings, including images of his children (see Hansen, cats 270, 271), and a smaller number of linocuts and woodcuts. His first prints were made in the 1950s when he was living in London and are figurative and generally naturalistic. They include two series, one of characters from London music halls, the other of scenes of everyday life. Examples include 'Windmill Girls' 1955-56, printed 1966, etching & drypoint, plate tone on blue paper, edn 23/28, 10.9 x 16.4 cm, NGV, and 'Tumblers No.2' 1956, a red chalk drawing transformed into an etching on zinc plate in 1961 after he returned to Melbourne. He continued to work on it until 1967 as well as painting two versions of the subject in oils.
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Gender: | Male |
Birth: | Date:1927 |
Period active: | Dates:1950 - 1982 |
Death: | Date:1982 |
Medium: | Painting |
Medium: | Print |
Artwork: | Title:Windmill GirlsDate:1955 - 1956 |
Artwork: | Title:Tumblers No.2Date:1956 |
Artwork: | Title:Little Man JugglingDate:1954 - 1956 |
Collection: | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria |
Published image: | ?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. |
Residence: | Dates:c. 1950 - 1950Place:London, England, UK |
Residence: | Place:Melbourne, Vic. |
Biographer: | Staff Writer |
Source of info: | Black and white artists |
Date written: | Date:c. 1999 - 2003 |
Date modified: | Date:2007 |
Reference: | Title:'Fred Williams: A working method'Year:1995Author:Grant, Kirsty (National Gallery of Victoria)Published:Imprint 30/4 (summer 1995), pp 25-26 |
Reference: | Title:Fred Williams : a souvenir book of the artist's work in the Australian National GalleryYear:1987Author:Mollison, JamesPublished:Canberra, ACT : Australian National Gallery |
Reference: | Title:[Joan Kerr's Archive]Author:Kerr, JoanPublished:Canberra, ACT : National Library of AustraliaNote:(postcard) |
Summary: | Painter and printmaker, made almost 300 etchings, including images of his children, and a smaller number of linocuts and woodcuts.His first prints were made in the 1950s when he was living in London and are figurative and generally naturalistic. They include two series, one of characters from London music halls, the other of scenes of everyday life. |