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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Books & Publications (34)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Pegi By Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Canadian Artist
2005
Brandon, Laura
241 pages (color)
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)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
Daffodils in Winter: The Life and Letters of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904-1949
1984
Murray, Joan
350 pages
Who's Who in American Art, Fifteenth Edition, 1982
1982
R.R. Bowker Co. (Editors)
1,204 pages
Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery)
1981
Murray, Joan
124 pages
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
Watercolours Japan-Canada: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Canadian Socidety of Painters in Water Colour and the Japanese Watercolour Society
1978
Bennett, John and Akira Fuwa
72 pages
A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War (Sponsored by Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Canadian War Museum)
1977
Robertson, Heather
240 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
High Realism in Canada
1974
Duval, Paul
175 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Canadian Artists and Airmen 1940-45: A Wartime Memoir (The Morris Gallery)
1974
Morris, Jerrold
207 pages (color)
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
The Nude in Canadian Painting
1972
Morris, Jerrold
89 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
A History of Peel County: To Mark Its Centenary as a Separate County, 1867-1967
1967
Charters, C.V. (Editor)
287 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
The Development of Canadian Art (The National Gallery of Canada)
1964
Hubbard, R.H.
137 pages (color)
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)
1961
James, Philip et al
28 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Exhibition of Canadian War Art (Exhibition at National Gallery and Art Gallery of Toronto) (Exhibition catalog)
1945
McCurry, H.O. and National Gallery of Canada
22 pages
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the 'Canadian Group of Painters'
1936
Lismer, Arthur
12 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index