This is a superbly illustrated look at one of Canada's most prolific, readily accessible, and compellingly complex artists. Although best-known as a painter of innocence and childhood memories whose scenes hearken back to a simpler and timeless past, William Kurelek (1927-1977) was also a chronicler of the experiences of various cultural groups in Canada - devoting entire series to Ukrainian, Polish, Irish, Jewish and Inuit people. This magnificently illustrated volume features in-depth essays that explore Kurelek's entire oeuvre, from his formative years when he underwent psychiatric treatment and converted to Roman Catholicism to his later work where he metamorphosed into an anguished prophet of a modern apocalypse.
- ISBN10 0888853645
- ISBN13 9780888853646
- Publish Date 28 May 2012
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English