λ AUBREY WILLIAMS (BRITISH 1926-1990), HOSORORO IV λ AUBREY WILLIAMS (BRITISH 1926-1990)HOSORORO IV Oil on canvas Signed and titled (verso) 71 x 75cm (27¾ x 29½ in.)Painted circa 1950.Provenance:Denis BowenExhibited:London, New Vision Centre Gallery, Aubrey Williams, 1958 (illustrated on gallery invitation)Paris, Galerie Colette Allendy, Towards the Future, 1958 (illustrated on gallery invitation)St. Ives, Belgrave Gallery, Post War Abstract, 2010 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p. 30)Aubrey Williams's lifelong interest in the cultures of South America was sparked by the time he spent as an agricultural officer working with the Warrau people in the North-West of Guyana between 1947 and 1949. Williams reminisced that It was there that for the first time I discovered myself as an artist. Before that it was all amateur activity...I have to thank the Warrau people now for my work as an artist. Through immersing himself in their language, customs, and rituals, he adopted glyphic symbols that he continued to incorporate into his work throughout his career.The title of the present painting, Hosororo, refers to a region in Northern Guyana that Williams would have known during his stay with the Warrau. Loosely translated as Pouring Water the name refers to a series of small waterfalls in the region.