Fred Williams
(Australia, England 1927–1982)
Standing nude
- Other titles:
- Standing female nude
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Although Fred Williams is best known as a landscape artist, his study and early work was grounded in figuration. In late 1943, at the age of sixteen Williams enrolled at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, where he studied drawing. Here he spent many hours laboriously sketching plaster casts, before advancing to life drawing. He subsequently undertook painting classes with William Dargie who advocated a subtle, tonal approach, and attended private classes held by modernist painter, George Bell.
This painting, produced while Williams was a student at that National Gallery School, indicates his capacity and respect for achieving both volume and mass in his figures. 'Standing nude' exemplifies a period of transition where Williams developed from a student to young artist.
- Place of origin
-
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
- Year
- circa 1946
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas on plywood
- Dimensions
- 98.4 x 38.0cm board
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Margaret Hannah Olley Art Trust 2012
- Accession number
- 194.2012
- Copyright
- © Lyn Williams
