This biography of acclaimed Canadian artist York Wilson (1907-1984) is written by Lela Wilson, his wife of 51 years. The biography documents Wilson's art education and commercial art career, and explores his entry into the Toronto art scene, his quick rise to local and national fame, his leading role in Canadian art, and his forging of an international reputation as a serious, innovative painter. From the mid-1950s to 1970, York Wilson cemented his reputation as Canada's pre-eminent muralist. In Toronto his public commissions included murals for the O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts, the Salvation Army, Imperial Oil, Bell Telephone, and Central Hospital. He also completed murals in Thunder Bay, Montreal, Ottawa, and Timmins.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- ©1997
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 759.11
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
- General Note
- Includes index Co-published by Carleton University Art Gallery Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780773596061 0886293375
- LCCN
- ND249.W54
- LCCN Item number
- W54 1997eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (294 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00234883 (OCoLC)893231217 (CaOOCEL)448414
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 2
- Copyright 3
- Dedication 4
- Acknowledgements 5
- Contents 6
- Abbreviations Used 7
- Foreword 8
- I. 1925-1933 | Eighty Cents Between Us 10
- II. 1933-1936 | Places of Our Own 20
- III. 1936-1943 | Steady Development 28
- IV. 1945-1946 | Gains in Toronto; Trips North and East 38
- V. 1946-1949 | Return to the Arctic 46
- VI. 1949-1951 | Introduction to Mexico 56
- VII. 1950-1952 | Steady Progress 70
- VIII. 1952-1953 | New York, Europe and the Canary Islands 80
- IX. 1953 | A Glimpse of Morocco and Our Return Home 90
- X. 1953-1956 | The McGill and Salvation Army Murals; Meeting Rico Lebrun 98
- XI. 1954-1957 | The Imperial Oil Mural 112
- XII. 1957-1958 | Spain, the Canary Islands, Italy and Belgium 118
- XIII. 1958-1959 | At Home and in the Caribbean 128
- XIV. 1958-1960 | The O'Keefe Centre Mural 136
- XV. 1960-1963 | Our First Three Years in Paris 142
- XVI. 1963- 1964 | Our Final Year in Paris 162
- XVII. 1964-1965 | Two Solo Shows, A Retrospective and Two Murals 172
- XVIII. 1965-1966 | Around the World: From Hawaii to Japan 184
- XIX. 1966 | Around the World: From Sabah to Sri Lanka 192
- XX. 1966 | Around the World: From India to Iraq 200
- XXI. 1966 | Around the World: From Egypt to Cyprus 208
- XXII. 1966 | Around the World: Europe and Our Return Home 214
- XXII. 1967-1969 | The Geometric Paintings and an Exhibition in New York 222
- XXIV. 1969-1974 | The Final Murals, Four Decades and a Second Retrospective 230
- XXV. 1975-1980 | Potpourri 246
- XXVI. 1980-1984 | The Final Years 256
- Afterword by Marshall McLuhan, 1978 270
- Photographic Memoirs 274
- Index of People 290
- Index of Works by York Wilson 298
