Nicholas Charles Williams
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Nicholas Charles Williams (born 1961) is an English painter and draughtsman. Born in Surrey, he trained at Richmond College, London. His work aims to examine aspects of human behaviour, conveyed through symbolism and direct observational painting. He has been the subject of solo shows at various galleries, including the Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Cathedral, 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.[1]
Williams now lives and works in Cornwall, South West England and is a lifelong surfer. His studio is a former lifeboat station on the North coast of Cornwall.
Two paintings [2] 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.
Collections
- British Museum
- Bournemouth Central Public Library
- Bluestone Design, Plymouth
- Falmouth Art Gallery
- Frissiras Museum in Athens
- 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
