William Griffith Roberts RCA, OSA, CSPWC (1920 – 2001). A prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, muralist, cartoonist and educator, William Griffith Roberts was born in Nelson, British Columbia,... Read full biography
William Griffith Roberts RCA, OSA, CSPWC (1920 – 2001). A prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, muralist, cartoonist and educator, William Griffith Roberts was born in Nelson, British Columbia, lived in Ontario (Milton and Ayton) from 1945 to 1986, and died in Weymouth, Nova Scotia (on St. Mary’s... Read full biography
William Griffith Roberts RCA, OSA, CSPWC (1920 – 2001). A prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, muralist, cartoonist and educator, William Griffith Roberts was born in Nelson, British Columbia, lived in Ontario (Milton and Ayton) from 1945 to 1986, and died in Weymouth, Nova Scotia (on St. Mary’s Bay) where he had lived since 1986. He was a teacher at the Ontario College of Art*, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, and a member of the Executive Council of the Ontario Society of... Read full biography
William Griffith Roberts RCA, OSA, CSPWC (1920 – 2001). A prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, muralist, cartoonist and educator, William Griffith Roberts was born in Nelson, British Columbia, lived in Ontario (Milton and Ayton) from 1945 to 1986, and died in Weymouth, Nova Scotia (on St. Mary’s Bay) where he had lived since 1986. He was a teacher at the Ontario College of Art*, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, and a member of the Executive Council of the Ontario Society of Artists*. His works are in the permanent collections of numerous important Canadian museums including the National Gallery of Canada. His mediums included watercolors, acrylics, oils, tempera, gouache*, collage*, pen & ink, serigraph*, lithograph*,... Read full biography
William Griffith Roberts RCA, OSA, CSPWC (1920 – 2001). A prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, muralist, cartoonist and educator, William Griffith Roberts was born in Nelson, British Columbia, lived in Ontario (Milton and Ayton) from 1945 to 1986, and died in Weymouth, Nova Scotia (on St. Mary’s Bay) where he had lived since 1986. He was a teacher at the Ontario College of Art*, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, and a member of the Executive Council of the Ontario Society of Artists*. His works are in the permanent collections of numerous important Canadian museums including the National Gallery of Canada. His mediums included watercolors, acrylics, oils, tempera, gouache*, collage*, pen & ink, serigraph*, lithograph*, and mixed mediums. His best known subjects were rural landscapes and buildings, still life, flowers, seascapes and architectural d... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (26)
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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
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
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
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Exhibitions and Members, 1860-1979
1997
McMann, Evelyn de R
451 pages
A Checklist of Painters, circa 1200-1994 Represented in the Witt Library (Courtauld Institute of Art, London)
1995
Editor, Witt Library
557 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)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists ,Volume 7, Rakos to Sadowski
1990
MacDonald, Colin S.
507 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 15th Edition
1982
Editor, Jaques Cattell Press
1,204 pages
British Columbia Art Collection, 1874-1980
1981
Editor, Cultural Services Branch
48 pages (color)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
The University of Guelph Art Collection: A Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture
1980
Nasby, Judith M
410 pages (color)
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
The Shell Canada Collection: A Selection of Canadian Art Assembled by the Employees of Shell Canada
1977
Shammas, Basil
77 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Twenty Years of Painting: William Roberts: a Retrospective (The Art Gallery of Brantford, Ontario
1970
Roberts, William and Art Gallery of Brantford, Ontario
24 pages
5th Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting 1963
1963
Harper, J. Russell
32 pages (color)
The Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art, 1961 (National Gallery of Canada)
1961
James, Philip et al
28 pages
Sir George Williams University Art Collection
1960
Cooke, Edwy F. and Douglass Burns Clarke
240 pages (color)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
The Third Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Art (National Gallery of Art)
1959
Editor
36 pages
Second Biennial of Canadian Art, 1957 (National Gallery of Canada)