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One newspaper story noted that all had gained recognition in Europe before being acknowledged in the United States. One newspaper columnist mentioned that Gentry, Middleton and
Jackson spoke about their work and experiences to a large audience at the show, but the article made no mention of Williams.
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A devastating fire in 1980 destroyed
Williams' studio, and all of his paintings and prints were lost. Depressed, he was unable to work for several months. Three years later, he stopped creating art altogether. The last exhibition he attended was the International Art Fair in Tokyo in 1985, where he
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Williams’ early paintings depicted the life of Black people in the neighborhoods and in the jazz clubs around
Brooklyn and Harlem where he grew up. The titles he chose represented the life he saw: “By The El (1955),” “Store Front Christ (1953),” “Poultry Market (1953), “Untitled (Seated Man with
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The year before
Williams began his residency, Driskell organized a two-man show for him as part of Fisk's 38th annual Festival of Music and Art in 1967. During his stay, his works were shown at the university, the Louisville (KY) Art Workshop (where most of the works were his woodcuts), the
404:“All my life I have been painting one picture. It is one that reflects my own image and the inner thoughts of my mind. I feel the naivete of a child when I paint yet I have the passions of the father that I am. I am an artist who is full of love for the world and all the images it holds.”
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William's subsequent works, each taking on the theme of a southern landscape, the title of one of his paintings. Driskell noted that these new works held a deeper
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Artists Abroad.” The show opened in 1982 and included works by Williams, Herbert Gentry, Sam Middleton and Clifford Jackson. The theme mimicked the exhibit Williams had mounted about a decade earlier.
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a year after she separated from his father. The children were raised by a strict father and stepmother, and
William's dream of becoming an artist faded. He escaped into a childhood dream world that would reappear later in his woodcuts.
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citizen later in his life. The subjects of his artwork evolved from urban street scenes straight out of his New York upbringing to the metaphorical images of rural Black children playing in fields of sunflowers, butterflies and shacks.
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At the end of his residency at Fisk, he assembled a farewell exhibit of his paintings, color woodcuts and pottery at the school. in 1969, he and
Marlena returned to Denmark, where he continued to work and also taught in his studio in
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In 1969, he was among 10 African
American artists who exhibited at Mount Holyoke College in Hadley, MA. It was the first of its kind show for the university. Williams chartered a bus to the exhibition. Fifty years later, in 2019, the
330:, where Driskell was chair. Williams was among six artists that Driskell hired to help build the department. Williams' wife Marlena accompanied him, and they set up a studio. He had developed an interest in
337:“I have only tried to teach the student that in painting today anything goes if the artist can make it work,” he told a reporter. “By making it work I mean making it a complete work within itself.”
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Williams participated in several exhibits in the early 1950s. In 1953, he won a third prize gold medal for his painting “On the Railing” in the fourth annual exhibit for artists and students of
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and Danish citizen, noted. The trip changed the trajectory of his works, shifting the subjects from city streets to country fields with symbolic elements that denoted rebirth and freedom.
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included Williams in a cover story on young Black artists. In 1959, he was among the artists whose works were part of a traveling show titled “American Prints Today" sponsored by the
51:, one of two children. His mother was a domestic worker who also painted and encouraged his interest in art. His sister Dorothy, a year younger, would herself become an artist.
235:. His entry was “Fighting Cock.” The exhibit was held simultaneously in eight U.S. cities. He also received a grant from the National Institute of Arts & Letters in 1960.
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Bowed Head) (1951),” “Untitled (Cityscape) (1954),” “Untitled (Girl on a Fire Escape) (1954)” and “Quick Nap (1952),” (girl napping on a metal apartment railing).
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In 1963, he received the $ 100 Perkin-Elmer prize for an oil painting in the Silvermine Guild of Artists annual competition. A year later, he returned to
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artists titled “Ten American Negro Artists Living and Working in Europe.” The other artists featured were
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In 1964, he married Marlena Jacobsen and they had a son. Williams died of liver cancer on June 13, 1998.
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Hanks, Eric (2007). "A Child of the Universe…Speak Like a Child: Mildred Thompson and Walter Williams".
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He was back in the United States in 1965 when his print “Girl with Butterflies #2” was purchased by the
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at the University of Maryland in College Park. Williams’ painting “Southern Landscape” was among them.
2519:"BMA's Imagining Home Exhibition Explores Different Aspects of Home Through Art From Around the World"
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to take classes at the Brooklyn Museum School of Art. He attended the school from 1951 to 1955.
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Tapley, Mel (5 July 1986). "Kenkeleba House's 'Unbroken Circle'; Rich, monumental exhibition".
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Tapley, Mel (5 July 1986). "Kenkeleba House's 'Unbroken Circle'; Rich, monumental exhibition".
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He was born on August 11, 1920, to Walter and Louise Williams in
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Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art
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Bearden, Romare (26 June 1976). "The Black Man In The Arts".
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calendar. He also exhibited at the Golden Door Gallery in
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American Wind Symphony Orchestra Barge, Pittsburgh, 1969
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Williams received a scholarship to spend a summer at the
2251:. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.
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1953 Annual exhibition of contemporary American painting
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Whitney Museum of American Art, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1963
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The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art
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556:Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1969, 2014
1524:Sheppard, Daphne (1 November 1969). "Kings Diary".
970:. Whitney Museum of American Art. 1953. p. 25.
467:The White House, National Collection of Fine Arts
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1579:"Music and Art: Removing Our Rose-Colored Glasses"
694:Tapley, Mel (17 November 1973). "About The Arts".
499:Instituto Nacional de Dellas Artes, Mexico, 1958
1684:Tapley, Mel (6 November 1982). "About the Arts".
1551:"Special Loans from the David C. Driskell Center"
388:Williams' works are in many private collections.
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2321:"Davenport Municipal Art Gallery Group Exhibit"
565:Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Nashville, 1971
216:in 1965 and a colored pencil drawing in 1967.
74:. He got married, had two children and worked
1217:Preston, Stuart (1954). "The Point of View".
2421:"New Orleans Artists Participate in Exhibit"
816:"New Orleans Artists Participate in Exhibit"
674:International Review of African American Art
517:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1966
2346:"African American Art at Municipal Gallery"
1233:"Top Silvermine Prize Goes to Herman Maril"
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208:Williams also painted several versions of
1604:"The David C. Driskell Papers: The 1970s"
1041:. Trustees of the Boston Public Library.
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541:Lee Nordness Galleries, NY, 1969
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452:Smithsonian American Art Museum
318:Driskell tapped him to become an
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1630:"Native Sons Who Left to Thrive"
1583:Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
1555:Mount Holyoke College Art museum
1401:. via newspapers.com. 1967-04-23
1361:Hieronymus, Clara (1969-06-15).
1314:. via newspapers.com. 1966-12-04
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789:Hieronymus, Clara (1975-03-09).
577:New Orleans Museum of Art, 1984
529:The Parthenon, Nashville, 1967
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144:. He was 32 years old, lived in
128:Evolution of his style and theme
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2198:Kienzle, Connie (1969-06-18).
1814:Whitney Museum of American Art
1786:"Sundown – Walter H. Williams"
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2200:"Point Sticks to Simple Plot"
2101:Daily Register (Red Bank, NJ)
1810:"Walter Williams – 1920–1998"
1762:"By The El – Walter Williams"
1712:"Art Exhibits and Black Role"
1655:"Art Exhibits and Black Role"
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440:Riverside Museum of Art, NY
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2396:"Art Notes: Arts Consortium"
2228:. 19 July 1969. p. 10.
2121:Findsen, Owen (1970-03-01).
1710:shepard, Joan (1982-10-14).
1628:Wallach, Amei (1982-10-17).
1451:. 22 March 1969. p. 2.
1287:Miller, Jane (25 May 1966).
820:The Crowley Post-Signal (LA)
771:. Delaware Art Museum. 2021.
544:Mount Holyoke College, 1969
425:Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1910:The Studio Museum in Harlem
1062:Whitmire, Ethelene (1978).
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559:Hudson River Museum, 1970
476:Fisk University Galleries
443:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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2172:Gibian, Cay (1967-03-01).
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1766:Metropolitan Museum of Art
1737:"Walter Williams: Harvest"
1399:The Tennessean (Nashville)
1367:The Tennessean (Nashville)
863:Wilder, Charlotte (2017).
791:"Art and Theater (column)"
718:Walter Williams Exhibition
535:Studio 22, Chicago, 1969
526:Cornell University, 1967
493:Oklahoma Art Center, 1958
487:YWCA, Harlem Branch, 1953
455:David C. Driskell Center
176:In 1955, he was awarded a
1312:The Philadelphia Inquirer
1198:African American Registry
1122:The Philadelphia Inquirer
918:. 2 May 1953. p. 4.
795:The Tennessean (Nasville)
434:National Gallery of Art
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23:Walter Henry Williams Jr.
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2425:Crowley Post-Signal (LA)
2273:"Black American Artists"
2247:McElroy, Guy C. (1989).
2224:"Art Exhibit to Close".
734:"A Painter Looks Back".
464:Baltimore Museum of Art
363:David C. Driskell Center
301:President Lyndon Johnson
233:Print Council of America
43:Early life and education
2523:Baltimore Museum of Art
2447:New York Amsterdam News
2299:New York Amsterdam News
2123:"Black Artists Exhibit"
2034:Baltimore Museum of Art
1838:National Gallery of Art
1686:New York Amsterdam News
1526:New York Amsterdam News
1475:New York Amsterdam News
1163:"Walter Henry Williams"
1118:"Art Museum Print Show"
916:New York Amsterdam News
890:New York Amsterdam News
842:New York Amsterdam News
736:New York Amsterdam News
696:New York Amsterdam News
586:M. Hanks Gallery, 2004
449:Georgia Museum of Art
437:Cincinnati Art Museum
428:Brooklyn Museum of Art
378:Studio Museum in Harlem
293:Smithsonian Institution
2473:Statesman Journal (OR)
2226:New Pittsburgh Courier
1790:Brooklyn Museum of Art
1449:Chicago Daily Defender
1142:Dover, Cedric (1960).
580:Kenkeleba House, 1986
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1194:"Walter H. Williams"
1094:"Walter H. Williams"
797:. via newspapers.com
483:Selected exhibitions
390:Nelson Rockefeller's
80:Charlie "Bird" Parke
66:in 1942, serving in
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2178:Ithaca (NY) Journal
2127:Cincinnati Enquirer
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1716:New York Daily News
1659:New York Daily News
1614:on 20 October 2020.
320:artist-in-residence
171:Gregorio Prestopino
54:His mother died of
1219:The New York Times
1144:American Negro Art
277:and Larry Potter.
186:Danish West Indies
49:Brooklyn, New York
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2258:978-0-295-96837-7
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2006:"Walter Williams"
1982:"Walter Williams"
1958:"Walter Williams"
1931:"Walter Williams"
1906:"Walter Williams"
1834:"Walter Williams"
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