Fred Williams
(Australia, England 1927–1982)
- Title
- Knoll in the You Yangs
- Place of origin
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Melbourne →
Victoria →
Australia
- Year
- 1963
- Media category
- Materials used
- aquatint, engraving, drypoint, black ink on Kent paper
- Edition
- 19/45
- Dimensions
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29.7 x 45.6cm platemark; 35.8 x 51.8cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., pencil "Fred Williams". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1967
- Accession number
- DA15.1967
- Copyright
- © Estate of Fred Williams
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Fred Williams was a major painter and printmaker whose innovation and technical mastery as an etcher has had a significant impact on Australian printmaking. His memorable images of the Australian landscape were greatly enriched by his large oeuvre of etchings on the subject. He began making etchings in 1954 as a student in England with images of theatre performers, but turned to landscape for his subject upon his return to Australia in 1957. 'Knoll in the You Yangs' is one of twenty etchings by Williams in the collection.
Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000
- Bibliography (2)
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Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Fred Williams: from music hall to landscape, drawings and prints, Domain, 2001, 35 (colour illus.), 77 (illus.). cat.no. 55
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 100 (illus.). cat.no. 84
- Exhibition history (4)
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Acquisitions 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Mar 1968–01 Apr 1968.
International Works on Paper Fair Sydney 1995, Mitchell Library, 14 Jul 1995–16 Jul 1995.
Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999.
Fred Williams: from music hall to landscape, drawings and prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Aug 2001–25 Nov 2001.
