William Kurelek CM, RCA (1927 - 1977) . William Kurelek was a painter, illustrator, print maker, graphic artist and author. He was born in Whitford, Alberta (near Edmonton), and subsequently lived in... Read full biography
William Kurelek CM, RCA (1927 - 1977) . William Kurelek was a painter, illustrator, print maker, graphic artist and author. He was born in Whitford, Alberta (near Edmonton), and subsequently lived in Stonewall, Manitoba (1934 - 1949), Vinemount, Ontario (1949 - 1952), London, England (1952 - 1959)... Read full biography
William Kurelek CM, RCA (1927 - 1977) . William Kurelek was a painter, illustrator, print maker, graphic artist and author. He was born in Whitford, Alberta (near Edmonton), and subsequently lived in Stonewall, Manitoba (1934 - 1949), Vinemount, Ontario (1949 - 1952), London, England (1952 - 1959) and Toronto, Ontario (1959 -1977) where he died. His mediums were oil, graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, ink, gouache, lacquer, ballpoint pen, woodblock, acrylic, lithography and mixed mediums... Read full biography
William Kurelek CM, RCA (1927 - 1977) . William Kurelek was a painter, illustrator, print maker, graphic artist and author. He was born in Whitford, Alberta (near Edmonton), and subsequently lived in Stonewall, Manitoba (1934 - 1949), Vinemount, Ontario (1949 - 1952), London, England (1952 - 1959) and Toronto, Ontario (1959 -1977) where he died. His mediums were oil, graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, ink, gouache, lacquer, ballpoint pen, woodblock, acrylic, lithography and mixed mediums (usually pen and colored pencil). His subjects were religion, the bible, ethnicity (Ukrainian), social commentary, farm life, family life, allegory, genre, portraits, still life, figures in landscape and William Kurelek. All of his works combined... Read full biography
William Kurelek CM, RCA (1927 - 1977) . William Kurelek was a painter, illustrator, print maker, graphic artist and author. He was born in Whitford, Alberta (near Edmonton), and subsequently lived in Stonewall, Manitoba (1934 - 1949), Vinemount, Ontario (1949 - 1952), London, England (1952 - 1959) and Toronto, Ontario (1959 -1977) where he died. His mediums were oil, graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, ink, gouache, lacquer, ballpoint pen, woodblock, acrylic, lithography and mixed mediums (usually pen and colored pencil). His subjects were religion, the bible, ethnicity (Ukrainian), social commentary, farm life, family life, allegory, genre, portraits, still life, figures in landscape and William Kurelek. All of his works combined compelling aesthetics with a message or lesson. His styles included Realism, Surrealism, and Trompe l'oeil (before 1959... Read full biography
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About William (Wasy) Kurelek: Books
Books & Publications (30)
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Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art (McMichael Canadian Art Collection & Gooseland Editions
2022
Milroy, Sarah
0 pages (color)
AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013
Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
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
Isaacs Seen: 50 Years on the Art Front, a Gallery Scrapbook
2005
Wigmore, Donnalu and John Parry
168 pages (color)
Breaking Free---The Story of William Kurelek
2002
Cutler, May Ebbitt
32 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
William Kurelek---The Suffering Genius
1996
Ewanchuk, Michael
124 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)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Urban Images, Canadian Painting (Agnes Etherington Art Centre) (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Farr, Dorothy
124 pages
Living Impressions: Contemporary Canadian Graphics from the Permanent Collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton
1989
Cummings, Glen E.
92 pages (color)
The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
1989
Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis
122 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Kurelek---A Biography
1986
Morley, Patricia
338 pages
A Visual Bestiary: Animals in Art (Stewart Art Centre)
1984
Brice, Megan
61 pages
Some One With Me
1980
Kurelek, William
0 pages (color)
Twenty Painters/Twenty Paintings: Contemporary Canadian Art
1979
Lipman, Marci; Louise Lipman
48 pages (color)
20th Century Canadian Drawings
1979
Morris, Jerrold
107 pages
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
The Canada Council Collection (National Gallery of Canada)
1969
Thompson, David
64 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting, 1965 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Townsend, William
47 pages (color)
Surrealism in Canadian Painting (London Public Library and Art Museum)