Williams is the first African American artist to be featured in The Janson History Of Art.
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William T. Williams | |
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| Born | July 17, 1942 |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute, Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, educator |
| Movement | Abstraction, Geometric abstraction |
| Website | Official website |
William T. Williams (born 1942) is an American painter and educator. He is known for his process-based approach to painting that engages motifs drawn from personal memory and cultural narrative to create non-referential, abstract compositions. He was a Professor of Art at Brooklyn College, City University of New York from 1971 to 2008.[1]
He has exhibited in over 100 museums and art centers in the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, People's Republic of China and Japan. Williams is a recipient of numerous awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards, and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award. He is also a recipient of the Studio Museum in Harlem's Artist Award in 1992 and received The James Van Dee Zee Award from the Brandywine Workshop for lifetime achievement in the arts in 2005. He received the 2006 North Carolina Award for Fine Arts, the highest civilian honor the state can bestow.
Williams lives in both New York City and Connecticut.[2]
- ^ Zimmer, William (1991-11-17). "Art; Adding Emotion to Abstract Paintings". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ "Artist Talk: William T. Williams". The Menil Collection. Retrieved 2022-04-08.