Book relating to a publication, 1973
Published by: Longman Caribbean
Year published: 1973
Number of pages: 6
ISBN: 0 582 75042 3

Six page entry on Aubrey Williams in the book Great West Indians: Life Stories for Young Readers by Therese Mills. The book consists of 19 biographical sketches of a range of important historical and contemporary Caribbean figures and personalities. Portraits of the figures featured, by Tony Evora, embellish the entries. Longman Caribbean, 1973.

This entry on Williams was translated into Japanese and included in the catalogue Aubrey Williams Exhibition which ran for six days, at Shibuya Tokyu Plaza, Japan, May 9 - 15, 1988.

Extract as follows: “Had there been an art school in Guyana, Williams would probably have gone there after leaving secondary school. Instead, he joined the Guyana civil service and became an agricultural instructor. He was only seventeen when he was transferred from Georgetown to work ‘in the bush’, as the North West District was called. At first he regarded this as banishment from civilised life, and he could certainly see no adventure in it. But it brought him into contact with the Warrau Indians and it was this group of primitive people of Guyana’s north-west coast who helped him discover the true beauty and meaning of art.

… Living with the Warrau Indians was an experience the young Williams was never to forget, and during this period he painted and wrote a great deal. It was an experience that set him firmly on the road to [being] the sensitive and creative artist he is today.”