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  • Billy Dee Williams

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    Art Brokerage: Billy Dee Williams American Artist: b. 1937. "Billy brings us into his world through his paintings which are characterized by their diversely expressionistic quality." "Billy's use of a deep and intense palette captures you into the moment." An internationally recognized American icon, Billy Dee Williams is an artist who painted from an early age and was offered art scholarships way before his film career began. As a young art student he followed his love of acting in order to purchase the paint and canvas he could not afford. As a consummate actor Billy has performed in an excess of 150 films and plays, first beginning his acting career on the Broadway stage. He is still immediately recognized as Lando Calrissian in Star Wars and the provocatively handsome and suave romantic lead from Lady Sings the Blues as well as a lead in the Emmy award winning Brian's Song. Billy has continued to paint for his entire life. His work has been exhibited and collected all over the world. As Honorary Chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute his love of all music and jazz specifically inspires many of his works. His paintings are included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Gallery, Washington DC, the Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture, New York, African American Museum, New Orleans, and the American Museum of Jazz, Kansas City. Private collectors include such notable individuals as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, saxophonist Kenny G., The American Olympic Committee, The Nissan Motor Corporation and Sears Corporation also include Billy's paintings in their collections. Billy Dee Williams grew up in Harlem with a family that actively encouraged his artistic abilities and fostered an enthusiasm for all forms of cultural expression. He began drawing at an early age and won scholarships to the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design in New York. There he studied classical principles of painting. Ironically, it was the need to earn money to buy paints and canvas that brought Williams his extensive credits in both television and film. In 1988, he renewed his enthusiasm for painting during an acting appearance in New York. Since 1991, he has had numerous solo art exhibitions across America, and has donated paintings to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC and The Schomburg Museum in New York. Williams calls his paintings abstract reality to express the underlying principles behind them. He draws his subjects from life: people he has met, situations he has lived, and sometimes characters he doesn't know, but whose idiosyncratic appearance or behavior has caught his eye. His return to New York stage with Fences in 1988 provided an opportunity for Billy Dee to go back to his home and the center of the art scene, and awakened the painter in him. He went back to California with a new enthusiasm and a wealth of ideas for his original means of artistic expression, completing 120 works within two years. Although he has worked in oils, Billy Dee's current preference is for acrylics, which he applies to the canvas by both airbrush and paintbrush. Listings Wanted, especially paintings

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Girl Waiting For Her Lover in a '58 Buick 50x50  Huge Original Painting - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Girl Waiting For Her Lover in a '58 Buick 50x50 Huge

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, Hand Signed

Size: 48x48 in  | 122x122 cm
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California Dreams AP 2001 - Huge Limited Edition Print - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

California Dreams AP 2001 - Huge

Limited Edition Print: Giclee, Hand Signed, AP

Size: 25x30 in  | 64x76 cm
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Bebop AP 2001 40x52 Limited Edition Print - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Bebop AP 2001 40x52

Limited Edition Print: Giclee on Paper, Hand Signed, A/P

Size: 30x40 in  | 76x102 cm
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Jazz Singer Jazz Vocals Competition Signed Poster 1994 Other - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Jazz Singer Jazz Vocals Competition Signed Poster 1994

Other: Signed Poster, Hand Signed, Limited Edition Poster

Size: 26x18 in  | 66x46 cm
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Jazz Chords 2006 Limited Edition Print - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Jazz Chords 2006

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 295

Size: 18x23 in  | 46x58 cm
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Bedouin Horsemen - Morocco Limited Edition Print - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Bedouin Horsemen - Morocco

Limited Edition Print: Giclee, Hand Signed, From the edition of 450

Size: 27x26 in  | 69x66 cm
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At the Club 2006 Limited Edition Print - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

At the Club 2006

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition if 295

Size: 15x20 in  | 38x51 cm
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At the Club 2006 Limited Edition Print - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

At the Club 2006

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 295

Size: 15x20 in  | 38x51 cm
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At the Club 2006 Limited Edition Print - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

At the Club 2006

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Paper, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 295

Size: 15x20 in  | 38x51 cm
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Untitled (Jesse Owens Centennial Olympic Games) 72x60 Huge Original Painting - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Untitled (Jesse Owens Centennial Olympic Games) 72x60 Huge

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, Hand Signed

Size: 72x60 in  | 183x152 cm
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Untitled Boxer - Centennial Olympic Games 1996 72x60 - Mural Size Original Painting - Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Untitled Boxer - Centennial Olympic Games 1996 72x60 - Mural Size

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, Hand Signed

Size: 72x60x2 in  | 183x152x5 cm
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