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Interview with Fred Williams, landscape painter, for the Australian Eye, series 5 [sound recording] / Film Australia
Bib ID 2958728
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Williams, Fred, 1927-1982, Interviewee
 
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Description 1981 
1 sound tape reel (ca. 45 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono. ; 7 in. 
Series

Australian eye. Series 5

Summary

Williams speaks about his paintings, sketches, images; places of inspiration in particular an old plantation near through Carlton, Vic., doing one painting or sketch per day; being in Europe for exhibitions, inspiration from the painting Vongeraad Waterfall of Strut Creek in the Sydney Gallery; working from a school book of physiography of Victoria which was very useful to track down the falls and the reason why they are falls; speaks about Darryl Lindsay, Gallery Director who ran the Gallery School; one of his teachers in particular George Bould; the artist that influenced him the most was Ian Ramsey; painting an actual subject and not from a photograph; interest in the Multi-image idea (i.e. the same object on different panels, but the metamorphosis of an object); peoples' comments about his works from 5-10 years ago; interest in painting Australian landscape, particularly after coming back from England as a student.

Notes

On reel with: ORAL TRC 938, Interview with Alan Oldfield, artist, for the Australian Eye, series 5.

Recorded on Aug. 12, 1981.

No user access copy.

Index/Finding Aid Note Corrected transcript (typescript, 14 leaves) 
Subjects Williams, Fred, - 1927-1982 - Interviews.  |  Art, Modern - 20th century.  |  Art, Australian - 20th century.  |  Painters - Australia - Interviews.  |  Landscape painters - Australia - Interviews.  |  Landscape painting, Australian.  |  Painting, Modern.
Other authors/contributors Film Australia

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