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Sir Edward Eyre Williams, 1872

Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016

Stephen Murray-Smith, 1980

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lyn Williams AM 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Marc Newson, 1990

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Aboriginal couple, Finniss Springs Mission, South Australia, 1959 (printed 2000)

Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.

Painting mates

Michael Desmond discusses Fred Williams' portraits of friends, artist Clifton Pugh, David Aspden and writer Stephen Murray-Smith, and the stylistic connections between his portraits and landscapes.

John Laws, 1981

Purchased 1999

Olly's Trolly, Freddie's Brushes, 1989

Gift of the artist 2001

Hermannsburg Potters, 1999

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Here’s looking at you, kid

Is he thinking of me?

John Williams, 2006

Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship 'John Williams', n.d.

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Marlon Williams, 2015

Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO
Featuring a favourite painting, Fred Williams ‘Wild Dog Creek’ 1977, 2020

Commissioned with funds provided by Nigel Satterley AM and Denise Satterley 2020

A good innings

Childhood sweethearts

Portrait 33

This issue features Hermannsburg pottery, Nicole Kidman, Ken Done, Jessie Street, two gladiators, the Portraits+Architecture exhibition and more.

John Brack Portraits

The exhibition includes such striking works as Portrait of Fred Williams, and Barry Humphries in the character of Edna Everage, the enigmatic Portrait of Hal Hattam, a group of revealing self portraits including the mysterious Inside and Outside, as well as endearing portraits of the artist's children.