{"product_id":"armstrong-ian-untitled-the-actor-18438","title":"Ian Armstrong 'Actor (Fred Williams)'","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Actor (Fred Williams)’ is a portrait of the master landscape painter, Fred Williams. Its creator, Ian Armstrong, was close friends with Williams; the pair met at the National Gallery School and in 1946, purchased a block of land in Lilydale together with Harry Rosengrave. The three artists built a shack on the land as their headquarters to paint the landscape en plein air, seeding a passion for capturing the rhythms of nature that persisted throughout their careers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Williams and Rosengrave, Armstrong was a member of the influential George Bell School. His work crossed landscapes, portraiture and still life, united by an intuitive, modernist grasp of form and composition. There is a musicality to Armstrong’s vision, reflective of an artist who pursued his “own peculiar idea of the world, his own way of thinking and feeling.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmstrong’s work can be found across public institutions, including at the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales. For collectors of prints and Australian modernism, this is a charming discovery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/collections\/ian-armstrong\"\u003eIan ARMSTRONG\u003c\/a\u003e (1923 - 2005)\u003cbr\u003e'Actor (Fred Williams)' 1994\u003cbr\u003eetching on paper\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 17 x 13 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions\u003c\/i\u003e: 38 x 23 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigned\u003c\/i\u003e: Dated, editioned, and signed below image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComes with Letter of Provenance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: \u003cstrong\u003eVery Good:\u003c\/strong\u003e Describes a work of art's image as Excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to paper or frame. There are no tears to paper margin or disruption to the paint surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(c) The Artist or Assignee\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art and Collectors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492356788294,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/armstrong-ian-untitled-the-actor-18438.jpg?v=1790130739","url":"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/products\/armstrong-ian-untitled-the-actor-18438","provider":"Art and Collectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}