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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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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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Website

http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

Website

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
Queensland Art Gallery

Website

http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/
British Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic.

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The VCA Art Collection spans the entire history of the College and its predecessor, the National Gallery School of Art (first opened in 1867).

Comprising painting, sculpture, photography and works on paper, most works are by students, staff or alumni.

DAAO has a separate entry for The Margaret Lawrence Australian Ceramics Collection. It was bequeathed to the VCA Collection in 2004.

Website

http://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/collections/visualarts.html#vca

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Fred Williams b. 23 January 1927

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery

British Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic.

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