Fred Williams
Australian · 1927–1982 · Painter, Printmaker
Frederick Ronald Williams was an Australian painter and printmaker. He was one of Australia's most important artists, and one of the twentieth century's major landscapists. He… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Masons Falls (1981)Smith & Singer · A$3,190,909≈ $2,047,383≈ £1,622,975≈ €1,894,848Sign up to see
Hillside Landscape No. 1 (1966)Smith & Singer · A$1,830,000≈ $1,349,259≈ £933,808≈ €1,182,627Sign up to see
POOL AT AGNES FALLS (1981)Smith & Singer · A$1,342,000≈ $1,331,438≈ £870,221≈ €1,025,999Sign up to see
Fred Williams’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
1 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 112 | 86 | 77% | $403kSign up | $294kSign up | $2MSign up |
| Oil | 112 | 86 | 77% | $403kSign up | $294kSign up | $2MSign up |
| Works on paper | 112 | 87 | 78% | $29.4kSign up | $28.2kSign up | $97.5kSign up |
| Watercolor | 9 | 8 | 89% | $21.9kSign up | $14.3kSign up | $49.7kSign up |
| Gouache | 83 | 65 | 78% | $34.2kSign up | $30.8kSign up | $97.5kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Drawing | 9 | 8 | 89% | $1.9kSign up | $706Sign up | $9.7kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 141 | 113 | 80% | $2.2kSign up | $1.8kSign up | $7.6kSign up |
| Etching | 90 | 70 | 78% | $2.4kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $7.6kSign up |
| Engraving | 2 | 2 | 100% | $2.6kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $3.5kSign up |
| Aquatint | 25 | 20 | 80% | $2.7kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Lithograph | 22 | 19 | 86% | $1.4kSign up | $977Sign up | $5.6kSign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $512Sign up | $512Sign up | $512Sign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 1 | 100% | $599Sign up | $599Sign up | $599Sign up |
| Sculpture | 3 | 3 | 100% | $2.8kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $4kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 12 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2025 | 21 | 17 | $29.7kSign up |
| 2024 | 24 | 16 | $22.5kSign up |
| 2023 | 26 | 25 | $16.3kSign up |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | $4.6kSign up |
| 2020 | 13 | 11 | $31.5kSign up |
| 2019 | 31 | 19 | $10kSign up |
| 2018 | 28 | 24 | $4.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 33 | 22 | $31.2kSign up |
| 2016 | 42 | 32 | $3.7kSign up |
| 2015 | 23 | 20 | $55.4kSign up |
| 2014 | 29 | 18 | $15kSign up |
| 2013 | 13 | 11 | $3.9kSign up |
| 2012 | 12 | 7 | $9.7kSign up |
| 2011 | 11 | 9 | $60.4kSign up |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | $47.3kSign up |
| 2009 | 9 | 8 | $39.1kSign up |