Geraldton Regional Art Gallery	26 March 2004 - 13 June 2004
Araluen Galleries	26 June 2004 - 22 August 2004
Mildura Arts Centre	16 September 2004 - 31 October 2004
Hamilton Art Gallery	12 November 2004 - 23 January 2005
Albury Regional Art Gallery	4 February 2005 - 6 March 2005

The tour of Fred Williams The Pilbara Series provides regional audiences the opportunity to view an outstanding collection of landscape paintings by one of Australia's most significant artists.

As the last major series painted by Williams before his death in 1982, it exemplifies his distinctive vision of the landscape which is acknowledged as having shaped the way Australians see their own country. The only series by Williams to have been kept intact, the Pilbara Series is able, uniquely, to illustrate his immediate response to the extraordinary landscape of inland Australia as well as the creative process through which he developed his visual interpretation of it.

Almost since the time of their production over three decades ago, these works have been in a corporate collection in Melbourne where they have been largely inaccessible to the Australian public. In 2001, Rio Tinto Limited presented the collection to the people through the National Gallery of Victoria. The national tour of Fred Williams The Pilbara Series brings this important group of works to regional communities in four Australian states and territories.

The exhibition catalogue, Fred Williams card set, and other related merchandise are available at the NGV Shop.

 
A Centenary of Federation Gift to the People of Australia 2001 from Rio Tinto.
The tour of this exhibition is made possible through Visions of Australia.