Fred Williams - Artist

Fred Williams (1927 - 1982)

Fred Williams was born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia in 1927. Fred Williams is recognised as one of the most significant Australian painters and graphic artists of the twentieth century for his figurative and landscape works, he was in the forefront of the Australian modern art movement.

Although Fred Williams is considered to be a largely self-taught artist, he received his initial art training from the age of sixteen, studying at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School where he was taught the fundamentals of painting. Williams then went on to attend night classes in drawing and design at the East Sydney Technical College from 1942-45 under Hayward Veal before resuming his studies with George Bell, who had his own art school in Melbourne. Where he was first introduced to Modernist and Impressionist styles and began to approach his paintings with a more progressive style.

A full biography about Fred Williams can be found online at Art Interview Magazine, see: Fred Williams - Artist Biography or see below for galleries who deal in his artwork.