Nicholas Charles Williams

Nicholas Charles Williams (born [[1961], English painter and draughtsman.

Williams' work draws upon aspects of human behavior — its drives and forces - conveyed through allegory and direct observational painting.

Solo shows include the Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro and Liverpool Cathedral for European Capital of Culture 2008. In 2001 he was awarded the Hunting Art Prize and in 2008 shortlisted for the Threadneedle Figurative Prize.

Hockney–Falco thesis Two paintings by Williams made for scientific analysis examining David Hockney's thesis on the use of optics by the Old Masters have been presented in numerous lectures at major academic institutions and galleries throughout Europe and the USA. Presentations (led by Dr David G.Stork) have taken place at Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Venice Biennale; The Louvre; National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Oxford University; Cambridge University; Stanford University; Getty Research Institute; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Williams lives and works in Cornwall, South West England. His studio is a former lifeboat station on the North coast.

Selected quotes

William Packer, art critic: “Nicholas Charles Williams is one of British Art’s well-kept secrets.. even so his reputations is growing fast as both one of the most accomplished figurative artist of his generation, and one of the most unusual. Indeed there is no one else that I can think of who places himself quite so firmly in the great tradition of early Baroque, yet with no sense of anachronism or pastiche.”^[1]

Ian Dejardin, Director, Dulwich Picture Gallery: "Williams may paint like a modern-day Counter-Reformation artist, but his subject matter is worlds away and unique to him, visually and intellectually gripping."^[2]

Brian Sewell, art critic: "The quality of the painting seemed to me astounding"^[3]

Mark Bills, Curator of Paintings Prints & Drawings, Museum of London: "An artist who has such a comfortable and informed relationship with the art of the past...he is able to draw on a large number of sources to produce fresh and vibrant images drawn and explored with consummate skill....they emerge from observation and the intimacy of the artist with his subject."^[4]

Collections

• British Museum
• Bournemouth Central Public Library
• Bluestone Design, Plymouth
• Hunting PLC, London

Selected bibliography

• 1995 Daily Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express
• 2001 Art Review, London Evening Standard, Financial Times, Galleries
• 2003 Daily Telegraph, Hunting Art Prizes 25th Anniversary Catalogue: William Packer
• 2004 New York Times, Sunday Herald, Scotland
• 2006 Madame Figaro Voyage Japon

References

1. ^ Financial Times, January 2005
2. ^ Desideratum exhibition catalogue, 2004
3. ^ Daily Telegraph, 1995.
4. ^ Opening speech, Nicholas Charles WIlliams, Drawings at Russell-Cotes Museum, October 2004.

External links

• Nicholas Charles Williams website

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Name	Williams, Nicholas Charles
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Short description	British figurative painter, lives and works in Cornwall, South West England.
Date of birth	1961
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