Nicholas Charles Williams

Who is Nicholas Charles Williams?

Nicholas Charles Williams English painter and draughtsman.

Williams' work draws upon aspects of human behaviour — its drives and forces - conveyed through allegory and direct observational painting.

Solo shows include the Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro 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.

Hockney–Falco thesis Two paintings 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 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.

Williams 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.