Upon returning to Australia in 1957 after studying abroad at the Chelsea School of Art, London and absorbing firsthand the influence of European masters such as Rembrandt, Goya and Cézanne, Fred Williams was confronted anew by the light, scale and harsh beauty of the unique Australian environment. Subsequently dedicating his career to exploring the local landscape, in 1959 he thus embarked upon an…

Provenance

Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney; Private collection; Geoff K. Gray, Sydney, 17 November 1976, Lot 99 (as ‘Echuca’); Private collection; Christie’s, Melbourne, 20 August 1996, Lot 47; Private collection; Christie’s, Melbourne, 23 November 1999, Lot 132; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne; The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 25 November 1999; Deutscher and Hackett, 100 Highlights from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, 27 July 2022, Lot 41; Private collection, Sydney

Exhibitions

Fred Williams and John Nixon - Reducing Landscapes,' Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 21 March – 28 June 2015 and touring; on long term loan to Wollongong City Gallery, New South Wales

Literature

Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., 'The Cbus Collection of Australian Art,' in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 15, 99 (illus.), 237