William Kurelek

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William Kurelek

• Canadian painter
• 1927-1977

Teaching Slideshow By R.M. Anderson
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William Kureluk is a famous Canadian artist.

• He was born in Whitford, 75 miles northeast of
  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• On March 3, 1927.

Breaking land in Alberta
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He lived on a grain farm during the "dirty
thirties". Times were hard.
These things are sent to try us
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He went to a one room schoolhouse.
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William liked to paint prairie landscapes because
he had grown up there.
Snowdrift fun
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Green Sunday

• William was the oldest of seven children. His
  parents had come from the Ukraine. William went
  back to the Ukraine to see his dad's old village
  and paint the people.

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William painted landscapes with acrylic or oil
paints on a board.
Winter road in Alberta
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To make a new painting, William would apply
acrylic or oil paint on a board, and then outline
his images in ballpoint pen.
The Blacking pen
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• He would use colored pencils to create texture,
  and then scratch, scrub or brush the surface for
  detail.

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He finished by adding further details in pen.
Building a cord cradle
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Kureleks parents were Ukrainian immigrants who
lived a very difficult existence after they
arrived to Canada. He often painted the hardships
of immigrants who were forced to work difficult,
laborious jobs.
Polish Lumberjacks
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He liked to work long days and nights when he
painted.
Breaking the ice for cows in winter
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William got a special award called the "Order of
Canada" when he was fifty years old.
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• William Kurelek believed that art was a gift that
  came from the heart and the mind. He produced
  over 2,000 paintings during his lifetime. He died
  on Nov. 3, 1977 of cancer when he was fifty years
  old.

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You can see his paintings in these books.

• To My Father's Village
• A prairie boy's winter
• A prairie boy's summer
• Kurelek's Vision of Canada
• Kureluk Country

Milking Time
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Links

• His prints
• More art
• http//www.tundrabooks.com/authors/Kurelek_w.html
  interview
• http//www.lochgallery.com/artist.php?artistID35

Chicken in a bucket
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Resources to check out.

• National Film Board of Canada movie about William
  Kureluk 1967, 10 min 07 secKurelek. Daly, Tom,
  Bill Pettigrew, and al, Montreal, Quebec
  National Film Board of Canada 1966, 1967.
• With WK in the Workshop a Memoir of William
  Kurelek. Dedora, Brian Stratford, Ont. Aya Press
  / Mercury Press, 1989.
• William Kurelek, the Suffering Genius. Ewanchuk,
  Michael, Winnipeg Derksen Printers and M.
  Ewanchuk Pub., 1996.
• Kurelek, a Biography. Morley, Patricia. Toronto
  Macmillan of Canada, 1987, c1986.
• Kurelek's Vision of Canada By William Kurelek and
  Joan Murray.Edmonton, AB Hurtig Publishers,
  1983 80pp.
• Book review

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Pencil crayons add detail and colour.
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Other artists use pencil crayons to show light
and colour shades.
Knox Gill The Marbles
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Demonstration of pen and ink techniques
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Demonstration of pencil crayon shading