The distinctive rocky outcrops of the You Yangs, just over 20km from Geelong were a pivotal source of inspiration for Fred Williams. Exclusive to Geelong Gallery, ‘Fred Williams in the You Yangs’ is the largest major in-focus exhibition of a single subject in the artist’s oeuvre. Featuring more than 50 paintings, drawings and prints from the 1960s to the late 1970s, they reveal the way his observation and depiction of these mountain ranges ultimately changed our view of the Australian landscape.
You Yangs landscape, 1965, oil on canvas, 137.4 x 152.8cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased with the assistance of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, 1977. © Estate of Fred Williams. Courtesy National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and Geelong Gallery, Victoria
Fred Williams, Knoll in the You Yangs, c.1963–64, charcoal and coloured chalk National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Lyn Williams, Founder Benefactor, 1988 © Estate of Fred Williams
Geelong Gallery
Until 5 November, 2017
Victoria
