Biografie von Ronald York WILSON (1907-1984)

Birth place: Toronto, Ontario

Addresses: Toronto 176, Ontario

Profession: Painter

Studied: Cent. Tech. School, Toronto; Ontario College Art.

Exhibited: New York World's Fair, 1939; CI, 1952; Biennial S„o Paulo, Brazil, 1963; Main Gallery, Mus. Galliera, 1963; Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1969 (solo); Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1970s. Awards: Winnipeg Show Award, 1956; Baxter Award, Toronto, 1960; Canadian Centennial Medal, 1967.

Member: Royal Canadian Acad.; Ontario Soc. Artists (pres., 1946-49); Canadian Group Painters (pres., 1968).

Work: Nat. Gallery Canada; Nat. Mus. Art Mod., Paris; MOMA, Mexico; Birla Acad. Mus., Calcutta, India; Art Gallery Ontario. Commissions: murals, McGill Univ., Montreal, 1954, Imp. Oil, Toronto, 1957, O'Keefe Center, Toronto, 1959 & Gen. Hospital, Port Arthur, 1965; mosaic, Carleton Univ., Ottawa, 1970.

Comments: Publications: illustrator, Face at the Bottom of the World, Hagiwara Sukitaro Publ., Tokyo.

Sources: WW73; Mural" (film), Crawley Films, 1957; Michael Foytenay, "York Wilson" (film), Nat. Film Board, 1962; Michel Seuphor, York Wilson, catalog (1964)."