1 February 1923 — 28 June 1998
Denis Joseph Ivan Williams was born on 1 February 1923 in Georgetown, British Guiana. He received his early education in Georgetown before winning a British Council Scholarship to study art.
Williams studied at the Camberwell School of Art in London. He became a painter whose work was exhibited internationally. He was also a novelist, with works including Other Leopards (1963). In Nigeria in the early 1960s, he helped lead workshops at the Mbari Mbayo Club in Osogbo, from which notable Nigerian artists emerged. He later returned to Guyana, where he pursued archaeology and led significant excavations. He founded the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology in Georgetown.
Williams received the Cacique Crown of Honour, one of Guyana's national awards. His unique combination of artistic, literary, and archaeological contributions made him one of the most intellectually versatile figures in Guyanese cultural history. He passed away on 28 June 1998.
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