William Kurelek - Canadian Artists

William Kurelek (March 3, 1927 – November 3, 1977) was a Canadian artist and writer.
He was born near Whitford, Alberta during 1927. His family lost the entire farm during the Great Depression and then moved to Stonewall, Manitoba. He already had an early interest in art which was not motivated by his hard-working parents. He then studied at the Ontario College of Art and at the Instituto Allende in Mexico.
In 1952, he was hospitalized in England for depression and other emotional problems. Originally Ukrainian Orthodox, Kurelek converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1957 and later painted a number of series 160 paintings on the Passion of Christ.
He returned to Toronto and also produced a series of classic children’s books including his own artwork:
•A Prairie Boy’s Winter (1973) ISBN 0-88776-102-X•Lumberjack (1974) ISBN 0-88776-378-2•A Prairie Boy’s Summer (1975) ISBN 0-88776-116-X•A Northern Nativity (1976) ISBN 0-88776-099-6•In 1976, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He died in Toronto in 1977.







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