Facts: - notable works: '' '' , '' cosmos '' shostakovich '' , '' the olmec-maya and now - death date: 17 april 1990 - awards: commonwealth golden arrow of achievement -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , the cacique prize 's crown of honour -lrb- 1986 -rrb- for painting -lrb- 1964 -rrb- , the - birth date: 08 may 1926 - name: aubrey williams - birth place: georgetown , guyana - occupation: artist -lrb- painter -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of aubrey williams .
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aubrey williams -lrb- 8 may 1926 -- 17 april 1990 -rrb- was a guyanese artist .he was best known for his large , oil-on-canvas paintings , which combine elements of abstract expressionism with forms , images and symbols inspired by the pre-columbian art of indigenous peoples of the americas .born in georgetown in british guiana -lrb- now guyana -rrb- , williams began drawing and painting at an early age .he received informal art tutoring from the age of three , and joined the working peoples ' art class at the age of twelve .after training as an agronomist he worked as an agricultural field officer for eight years , initially on the sugar plantations of the east coast and later in the north-west region of the country -- an area inhabited primarily by the indigenous warao people .his time among the warao had a dramatic impact on his artistic approach , and initiated the complex obsession with pre-columbian arts and cultures that ran throughout his artistic career .williams left guyana at the height of the independence movement in 1952 , and moved to the united kingdom .following his first exhibition in london in 1954 , he became an increasingly significant figure in the post-war british avant-garde art scene , particularly through his association with denis bowen 's new vision centre gallery .in 1966 , he came together with a group of london-based caribbean artists and intellectuals to found the caribbean artists movement , which served as a dynamic hub of cultural events and activity until its dissolution in 1972 .from 1970 onward , williams worked in studios in jamaica and florida as well as the uk ; and it was during this period that he produced three of his most well-known series of paintings : '' shostakovich '' , '' the olmec maya and now '' and '' cosmos '' .