EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

Antony Williams ‘In stillness – Life’
Portraits over time and the Margaret Robinson series

14 September – 14 October 2022

In stillness – Life presented portraits produced by leading contemporary figurative artist, Antony Williams, from 2000 until 2022. The exhibition showcased two distinct series – portraits of his models over time and the portraits of his landlady Margaret Robinson. The series of paintings of Margaret Robinson, produced over a period of sixteen years, have been assembled from private collections for the exhibition and were displayed together for the first time.

Together with this series, portraits from 2009 until the present were shown. These included a new group of intimate portraits painted by Williams featuring sitters that he has previously painted, for example ‘Caroline’ who he first painted in 1997 and ‘John’ in 2004, alongside a new model ‘Alice’ not previously painted. By painting models who have differing levels of familiarity, Williams continues to survey the effects of time and experience which he investigated in a similar way with the series of portraits of Margaret.