York Wilson
York Wilson | |
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Ontario College of Art, and Detroit Institute of Arts | |
Known for | Painter, muralist |
Spouse | Lela May Miller (m. 1932) |
Ronald York Wilson
Career
York Wilson was trained at the
In 1949, Wilson’s first six-month sojourn in Mexico at the artist’s colony of San Miguel de Allende became a turning-point in his life. He began working as a full-time artist, initially signing his paintings R. York Wilson, and later, York Wilson.[4] While in Mexico in the early 1950s, he met David Alfaro Siqueiros who taught Wilson how to use pyroxylin (Duco).[4] His trip to Mexico that year and in 1953 led to the influence of Rico Lebrun, whom he was to admire life-long, and stimulated an interest in mural painting.[2] On still another trip to Mexico in 1955, he learned about vinyl acetate.[4] In the late 1950s, he began painting abstractly, and in the 1960s, turned to geometric abstraction.[2]
He is known for his murals at Toronto's
After his death
In 1997, through a substantial donation by Lela and Maxwell Henderson (Lela Wilson`s second husband), the 'York Wilson Endowment Award' was established with the
In 2011, the York Wilson Foundation for Visual Arts was created to maintain his artistic legacy, as well as offering access to Wilson’s body of work for public engagement and education. Since 2011, it has actively worked on donating hundreds of artworks by the artist, and maintained a central source of research material on the artist, including images of artworks, video, and research and writing.[7]
In 2016, Linda Jansma curated a show of 15 paintings by Wilson, titled York Wilson: A Legacy, for the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.[8]
In 2017, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery announced an outstanding gift from the York Wilson Foundation for the Visual Arts. The donation, consisting of over 850 works of art, financial support for programming, and a digital archive of the artist’s works, represents the largest single collection of York Wilson’s work.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 0070925046. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ a b c Carpenter, Ken. "Ronald York Wilson". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Heritage Property Report" (PDF). www.toronto.ca. Toronto. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ a b c d e Judith Parker. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
- ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011.
- ^ "Lela M. Wilson". www.legacy.com. Globe and Mail, 2010. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ a b "Beaverbrook Art Gallery to Carry the Torch of York Wilson". www.gallerieswest.ca. Galleries West Magazine, Feb 8, 2017. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "York Wilson: A Legacy". rmg.on.ca. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
Further reading
- Wilson, Lela M. (1997). York Wilson: His Life and Work, 1907-1984. Carleton University Press. ISBN 0-88629-337-5.