William Hazard - Artist Info

About William Hazard

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Garnet Hazard
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    Garnet Hazard (1903-1987)

    He was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario and when he was a year old, the family moved to Saskatchewan to farm. He received his first art instruction from a lady in Moosejaw, Sask., who was a painter of China. Before pursuing further art studies, he taught in rural Saskatchewan for a time. He then headed to the United States to study at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the American Academy of Art (also in Chicago). After taking further training at the Phoenix Art Institute, he traveled to New York to study under the well-known illustrators, Franklin Booth and Thomas Fogarty.

    He returned to Saskatchewan to become the Director of Art Education at the Regina Technical Colleg...

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