Fred Williams Artist

Frederick Ronald (Fred) 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 painters of the landscape. He had more than seventy solo exhibitions during his career in Australian galleries, as well as the exhibition Fred Williams - Landscapes of a Continent at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1977.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 23, 1927
Birth place
Australia , Melbourne
Nationality
Australia
Date of deathApril 22, 1982
Place of death
Hawthorn Victoria

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Artist

Field of work
Printmaking
Painting
training at
London
Chelsea College of Arts
National Gallery of Victoria Art School
Melbourne
Central School of Art and Design

Fred Williams on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.fredwilliams.me.com.au
  2. http://www.grafico-qld.com/content/fred-williams
  3. http://www.holmesacourtgallery.com.au/collection/artist-profile.cfm?artist_id=23
  4. http://www.lalouver.com/html/williams.html
  5. http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/WILLIAMS/Default.cfm