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1901 Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa - 1989 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Painting, commercial art, murals and teaching.
William (Will) Abernathy Ogilvie RCA, CGP, CSPWC, OBE, CM (1901-1989). William Abernathy Ogilvie was a painter, commercial artist, muralist and educator who was born in Stutterheim, Cape Province,... Read full biography
William (Will) Abernathy Ogilvie RCA, CGP, CSPWC, OBE, CM (1901-1989). William Abernathy Ogilvie was a painter, commercial artist, muralist and educator who was born in Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1925, which, except for a brief period in Montreal,... Read full biography
William (Will) Abernathy Ogilvie RCA, CGP, CSPWC, OBE, CM (1901-1989). William Abernathy Ogilvie was a painter, commercial artist, muralist and educator who was born in Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1925, which, except for a brief period in Montreal, is where he lived the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, coloured chalk, ink, graphite and mixed mediums. His subjects were Canadian landscapes, figures,... Read full biography
William (Will) Abernathy Ogilvie RCA, CGP, CSPWC, OBE, CM (1901-1989). William Abernathy Ogilvie was a painter, commercial artist, muralist and educator who was born in Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1925, which, except for a brief period in Montreal, is where he lived the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, coloured chalk, ink, graphite and mixed mediums. His subjects were Canadian landscapes, figures, nudes, urban scenes, South Africa, genre and, as a war artist, military and war. His style was representational, realism and fauvism. He studied in Johannesburg (1921 - 1924) under Erich Mayer (see AskART) and at the Art Students League of New York... Read full biography
William (Will) Abernathy Ogilvie RCA, CGP, CSPWC, OBE, CM (1901-1989). William Abernathy Ogilvie was a painter, commercial artist, muralist and educator who was born in Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1925, which, except for a brief period in Montreal, is where he lived the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, coloured chalk, ink, graphite and mixed mediums. His subjects were Canadian landscapes, figures, nudes, urban scenes, South Africa, genre and, as a war artist, military and war. His style was representational, realism and fauvism. He studied in Johannesburg (1921 - 1924) under Erich Mayer (see AskART) and at the Art Students League of New York (1927 - 1930) under Kimon Nicolaides (see AskART). From 1938 to 1941, h... Read full biography
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William (Will) Abernathy Ogilvie RCA, CGP, CSPWC, OBE, CM (1901-1989)
William Abernathy Ogilvie was a painter, commercial artist, muralist and educator who was born in Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1925, which, except for a brief period in Montreal, is where he lived the rest of his life and died.
His mediums were oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, coloured chalk, ink, graphite and mixed mediums. His subjects were Canadian landscapes, figures, nudes, urban scenes, South Africa, genre and, as a war artist, military and war. His style was representational, realism and fauvism.
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