Mervyn Williams
- January 10, 2024
- Artist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Mervyn Williams |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 22, 1940(1940-04-22) |
| Age | 84 |
| Birthplace | Whakatane |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Birth City | Bay of Plenty |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
Mervyn Williams Biography
| Name | Mervyn Williams |
| Birthday | Apr 22 |
| Birth Year | 1940 |
| Place Of Birth | Whakatane |
| Home Town | Bay of Plenty |
| Birth Country | New Zealand |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Children(s) | 3 |
Mervyn Williams is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on April 22, 1940 in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
In 1955, Williams began work at ceramics firm Crown Lynn, where he received guidance and encouragement from Frank Carpay. He subsequently pursued a more intensive design opportunity at Ted Dutch’s art and design studio, receiving training in painting, design and graphic techniques until 1961 when he established his own studio. In 1957 and 1958, Williams attended Elam School of Fine Arts part-time, where he met Don Binney and Graham Percy.
Williams made oil paintings as well as works in gouache on paper during the years 1956 to 1961. They feature adjacent and layered patches of mainly muted colour along with linear elements. There are similarities to the paintings of Ted Dutch and to mid-twentieth-century School of Paris abstract painters, such as Vieira da Silva and Georges Matthieu. Beginning in the early 1960s, Williams began to make work with strong geometric shapes influenced by Josef Albers and Mark Rothko.
Mervyn Williams Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Artist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mervyn Williams is one of the richest Artist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mervyn Williams 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Williams moved between the Bay of Plenty Region and Auckland between 1940 and 1951 when he settled permanently in Auckland. He began secondary school at Avondale College in 1954, where his art teacher was Robert Nettleton Field. In 1956, Williams was obliged to leave school prematurely to help support his family following the death of his father, though Field continued to mentor his former student.
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In the second half of the 1980s, Williams continued his quest to “articulate light”, using gels and pastes to produce a concrete or tactile support that he then sprayed with thin films of paint. Paintings such as Chart (1989) and Desert Sand (1986) generate changing effects of light and colour that depend on the conditions under which they are seen and the position of the viewer.
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Arun Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Mervyn Williams celebrates birthday on April 22 of every year.
Williams was part of the Seven Painters/The Eighties exhibition that toured New Zealand during 1982–83, starting at the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui. The exhibition also featured Gretchen Albrecht, Stephen Bambury, Max Gimblett, Richard Killeen, James Ross, and Ian Scott. In 1983, Williams was included in the exhibition The Grid: Lattice and Network at the Auckland City Art Gallery.