Burning tree stump
(1968)
Medium
gouache
Measurements
57.0 × 76.4 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the H. J. Heinz II Charitable and Family Trust, Governor, and the Utah Foundation, Fellow, 1980
© Estate of Fred Williams
Gallery location
Gallery 12
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
On 19 February 1968 a bushfire spread through several towns in the Dandenong Ranges, including the Williams family home in Upwey. Fred Williams, his wife Lyn and their three children were at home when the fire approached. Fred remained in the house, preparing to fight the fire and salvage works stored in his studio, while the rest of the family evacuated to a nearby town. The house was spared, and in the subsequent days, weeks and months, Williams explored and painted the charred landscape around Upwey.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.c.: Fred Williams.
Accession Number
AC10-1980
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest