A singular vision: The art of Fred Williams

by James Mollison

"A Singular The Art of Fred Williams" looks at the life work of an artist regarded by many as one of Australia's greatest modern landscape painters. This study pays close attention to the development of Williams's oils, gouaches and prints. It also chronicles his life from his early days at the National Gallery of Victorian Art School to his successful career as an established artist. The book attempts to capture Williams's spirit and personality by making use of the artist's personal diaries and contemporary interviews.

255 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

James Mollison was born in Kenya in 1973 and grew up in England. After studying Art and Design at Oxford Brookes University, and later film and photography at Newport School of Art and Design, he moved to Italy to work at Benetton’s creative lab, Fabrica. His work has been widely published throughout the world including by Colors, The New York Times Magazine, the Guardian magazine, The Paris Review, The New Yorker and Le Monde. His latest book Disciples was published in October 2008 following its’ first exhibition at Hasted Hunt Gallery in New York. In 2007 he published The Memory of Pablo Escobar- the extraordinary story of ‘the richest and most violent gangster in history’ told by hundreds of photographs gathered by Mollison. It was the original follow-up to his work on the great apes – widely seen as an exhibition including at the Natural History Museum, London, and in the book James and Other Apes (Chris Boot, 2004). Mollison lives in Venice with his wife.

(From jamesmollison.com)