{"product_id":"2026100009269-secondhand-fred-williams-works-in-the-national-gallery-of-victoria-paintings-gouaches-prints","title":"Fred Williams: Works In The National Gallery Of Victoria; Paintings – Gouaches – Prints","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn and faded spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew artists have reshaped a nation's visual identity as profoundly as Fred Williams, whose revolutionary depictions of the Australian landscape transformed it from mere scenery into an abstract, elemental language all its own. Fred Williams: Works in the National Gallery of Victoria — Paintings, Gouaches, Prints presents a definitive survey of the works held in one of Australia's most prestigious public collections, chronicling the full arc of Williams's artistic development across three of his most significant mediums. Authors Robert Lindsay and Irena Zdanowicz guide the reader through an authoritative catalogue that details the formal qualities, historical context, and curatorial significance of each work, illustrating how Williams distilled the vast, sun-bleached terrain of Australia into compositions of startling originality and quiet power.\n\nBeyond the catalogue entries, the text argues for Williams's central place in the canon of twentieth-century art, situating him alongside international contemporaries while firmly rooting his vision in distinctly Australian soil. His ability to dissolve recognisable landscape into pattern, tone, and rhythm — whether in oil, gouache, or the delicate discipline of printmaking — marks him as a consummate technician and a profound visual thinker. This volume is an indispensable reference for collectors, scholars, and anyone captivated by the question of how a painter teaches an entire culture to see its own land anew.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276126068955,"sku":"2026100009269-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/63e8fec3-085c-4c45-9c7a-805b24bdf829.png?v=1789092670","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009269-secondhand-fred-williams-works-in-the-national-gallery-of-victoria-paintings-gouaches-prints","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}