Robert Wakeham Pilot RCA, NAD, MBE (1898-1967) . Robert Wakeham Pilot was a painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator and educator. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (1). When his widowed... Read full biography
Robert Wakeham Pilot RCA, NAD, MBE (1898-1967) . Robert Wakeham Pilot was a painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator and educator. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (1). When his widowed mother married Maurice Cullen (see AskART) in 1910, the family moved to Montreal, Quebec (1911) which... Read full biography
Robert Wakeham Pilot RCA, NAD, MBE (1898-1967) . Robert Wakeham Pilot was a painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator and educator. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (1). When his widowed mother married Maurice Cullen (see AskART) in 1910, the family moved to Montreal, Quebec (1911) which was Pilot's home for the rest of his life and where he died. His mediums were oil, watercolor, pastel, pencil, charcoal and etching. His subjects were landscapes (most famously in winter), seascapes,... Read full biography
Robert Wakeham Pilot RCA, NAD, MBE (1898-1967) . Robert Wakeham Pilot was a painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator and educator. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (1). When his widowed mother married Maurice Cullen (see AskART) in 1910, the family moved to Montreal, Quebec (1911) which was Pilot's home for the rest of his life and where he died. His mediums were oil, watercolor, pastel, pencil, charcoal and etching. His subjects were landscapes (most famously in winter), seascapes, city streets and harbor scenes. The locations include Quebec City, Montreal, the Laurentians, the St Lawrence River, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Canadian west and the Rocky Mountains. There are also paintings from his time as a student in France... Read full biography
Robert Wakeham Pilot RCA, NAD, MBE (1898-1967) . Robert Wakeham Pilot was a painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator and educator. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (1). When his widowed mother married Maurice Cullen (see AskART) in 1910, the family moved to Montreal, Quebec (1911) which was Pilot's home for the rest of his life and where he died. His mediums were oil, watercolor, pastel, pencil, charcoal and etching. His subjects were landscapes (most famously in winter), seascapes, city streets and harbor scenes. The locations include Quebec City, Montreal, the Laurentians, the St Lawrence River, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Canadian west and the Rocky Mountains. There are also paintings from his time as a student in France (1920 - 22) and from his travels in Spain, Italy, France, England and North Africa. His styl... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
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Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art (McMichael Canadian Art Collection & Gooseland Editions
2022
Milroy, Sarah
0 pages (color)
From Drawing to Visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada
2006
Pearse, Harold (Editor)
318 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Canadian Impressionism
1990
Duval, Paul
166 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Works from the McCuaig Collection in the Laurentian University Museum (Now Called Art Gallery of Sudbury)
1987
Krueger, Pamela
56 pages
Murals from a Great Canadian Train
1986
Thom, Ian
191 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
Coasts, the Sea and Canadian Art
1978
Varley, Christopher and Jeffrey Spaulding
96 pages
Through Canadian Eyes: Trends and Influences in Canadian Art, 1815-1965 (Glenbow Museum)
1976
Williamson, Moncrieff
88 pages (color)
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Canadian Art-Its Origin and Development (Paperback) 1967
1943
Colgate, William
278 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index