George Augustus Williams was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Background
George Augustus Williams was born on 4 May 1814 in London. He was the third son of the painter Edward Williams (1781-1855) and Ann Hildebrandt (c1780-1851), and a member of the Williams family of painters, who were related to such famous artists as James Ward, Resident Advisor and George Morland. His father was a well-known landscape artist, who taught him how to paint.
Otherwise he received no formal instruction.
Career
George Augustus painted riverscapes of the Thames, moonlit landscapes, seascapes and views of Kent, Wales and elsewhere. After having four children, George and Caroline moved to Barnes, London, within a stone"s throw of the Thames, where they lived for more than fifty years. His work, though, is distinct from that of the others in his family.
His paintings were mainly exhibited at Suffolk Street as well as at the Royal Academy from 1841 onwards, the British Institution and elsewhere.
He died forty years later at the age of 87 on 26 May 1901 in Barnes, London. The Williams Family George Augustus Williams was born into an artist family that is sometimes referred to as the Barnes School.
His father and five surviving brothers (listed below) were all noted Victorian landscape painters. Three of the sons of Edward Williams changed their last names to protect the identity of their art
Edward Williams (father) Edward Charles Williams Henry John Boddington Arthur Gilbert Sidney Richard Percy Alfred Walter Williams.