Upwey landscape
- 1965
- 147.0 x 183.0 cm
- National Gallery of Victoria
After winning the 1963 Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship, Fred Williams visited Europe. The following year he returned inspired by the work he had seen of Gustave Courbet. This influence can be seen in the generous application of paint in the foliage of this painting. Williams and his family had moved into a small house on two acres of land at Upwey, in the Dandenong Ranges outside of Melbourne. The location of the house and studio in a valley became the inspiration for the high horizon line of this, and many other paintings.Text by Bernard Smith from Two centuries of Australian art from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria and Thames & Hudson, 2003 p.126
Fred Williams (1927 – 1982)
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À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: Upwey landscape
- Artiste: Fred Williams
- Année: 1965
- Dimensions originales: 147.0 x 183.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Statut du droit d'auteur: Protégé par le droit d'auteur
- Où le voir: National Gallery of Victoria
- Teinte de couleur: Ochre to Sepia
- Luminosité perçue: balanced