Will Gorlitz BFA, RCA (1952). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Will Gorlitz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; brought up, from the age of six, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and... Read full biography
Will Gorlitz BFA, RCA (1952). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Will Gorlitz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; brought up, from the age of six, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and currently lives and works in Guelph, Ontario. Several major Canadian museums collect his paintings and... Read full biography
Will Gorlitz BFA, RCA (1952). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Will Gorlitz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; brought up, from the age of six, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and currently lives and works in Guelph, Ontario. Several major Canadian museums collect his paintings and they have been included in numerous exhibitions at important public venues such as the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada. Gorlitz's mediums include oil, pastel, ink, mixed... Read full biography
Will Gorlitz BFA, RCA (1952). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Will Gorlitz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; brought up, from the age of six, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and currently lives and works in Guelph, Ontario. Several major Canadian museums collect his paintings and they have been included in numerous exhibitions at important public venues such as the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada. Gorlitz's mediums include oil, pastel, ink, mixed mediums, lithography, and painting/installation. His subjects include, portraits, figures, still life, landscape, trees, animals, astronomical phenomena, allegory*, metaphor and social commentary. His primary styles are Realism*, Surrealism* and Conceptual... Read full biography
Will Gorlitz BFA, RCA (1952). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Will Gorlitz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina; brought up, from the age of six, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and currently lives and works in Guelph, Ontario. Several major Canadian museums collect his paintings and they have been included in numerous exhibitions at important public venues such as the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada. Gorlitz's mediums include oil, pastel, ink, mixed mediums, lithography, and painting/installation. His subjects include, portraits, figures, still life, landscape, trees, animals, astronomical phenomena, allegory*, metaphor and social commentary. His primary styles are Realism*, Surrealism* and Conceptual Art*. AskART images have some excellent illustrations of his work. However, it should be noted that, many of his paintings may have origi... Read full biography
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About Will Gorlitz: Books
Books & Publications (9)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Builders: Canadian Biennial 2012
2012
Shaughnessy, Jonathan
181 pages (color)
The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010
Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky
480 pages (color)
Will Gorlitz: Nowhere if Not Here
2009
Ferguson, Bruce W.
105 pages (color)
Signs of the Spirit: The Donovan Collection at St. Michael's College (University of St. Michael's College
2001
Always, Richard, Daniel Donovan and Ihor Holubizky
72 pages (color)
Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century
1999
Murray, Joan
272 pages (color)
Cineplex Odeon The First Ten Years: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Art
1989
Burnett, David
97 pages (color)
Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art (National Gallery of Canada)
1989
Nemiroff, Diana
186 pages (color)
Perspective 86: Will Gorlitz and Nancy Johnson
1986
Fischer, Barbara
32 pages
Late Capitalism: Will Gorlitz, Andy Patton, Joanne Tod, Shirley Wiitasalo (The Art Gallery at Harbourfront