Fred Williams
(Australia, England 1927–1982)
- Title
- Snow storm, Perisher Valley II
- Place of origin
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Kosciuzko National Park →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- (1975)
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- gouache on ivory Arches paper
- Dimensions
-
57.0 x 76.5cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., pen and black ink "Fred Williams.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Ruth Komon Bequest in memory of Rudy Komon 2004
- Accession number
- 166.2004
- Copyright
- © Estate of Fred Williams
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
It's the kind of country you have to be born into – or be just plain 'hardy', but tremendously attractive to look at – the fascinating patches of snow form themselves into very inventive shapes.
- Fred Williams 1975Fred Williams and his family took a holiday at the Kosciuszko National Park in January 1975. Although it was mid summer, the weather was unseasonably cold and there were traces of snow on the peaks. Williams made a number of studies of the landscape in acrylic and then gouache. This work depicts a sudden summer snowstorm.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005
- Bibliography (3)
-
'Celebrating Fred Williams' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 24-25., Look Nov 2004, Nov 2004, 24 (colour illus.).
James Mollison (Australia, b.1932) (Author), Dana Rowan (Editor), A singular vision: the art of Fred Williams, Canberra, 1989, 191-197. General reference to paintings from this period.
Patrick McCaughey (Northern Ireland; Australia, b.1943) (Author), Fred Williams 1927-1982, Kensington, 1980, 287-288. General reference to paintings from this period.
- Exhibition history (1)
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Australian Collection Focus: Fred Williams gouaches, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Mar 2005–01 May 2005.
