Fred Williams b. 23 January 1927

Also known as Frederick Ronald
  • 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. He was also a printmaker who made almost 300 etchings.
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Citations

  • Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr’s Archive]’, Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, (postcard).

  • Hart, Deborah (2011), 'Fred Williams: Infinite Horizons’.

  • Mollison, James (1968), 'Fred Williams Etchings’.

  • McCaughey, Patrick (1987), 'Fred Williams 1927-1982’.

See also

  • '?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.'.
  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists

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Residences
  • 1927 - 1951 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1951 - c.1957 London, England, UK
  • 1957 - 1982 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1927 - 1951 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1951 - c.1957 London, England, UK
  • 1957 - 22 April 1982 Melbourne, Vic.
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)
  • Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Ballery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • British Museum (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • 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)
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