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William Kurelek (1927-1977)

Aliases: William Kureleck; Wasyl Kurelek

Professions: Painter

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    William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 children playing in

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    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A BALSAM AVENUE AFTER HEAVY

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A BALSAM AVENUE AFTER HEAVY

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    William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 Canadian mixed media on board Return to Camp in Winter

    William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 Canadian mixed media on board Return to Camp in Winter

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    William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 Canadian mixed media on board The Section Foreman's Wife A04F-E02158-009 36 x 46.5 inches 91.4 x 118.1 centimeters initialed and dated 1966 and on verso titled, dated and inscribed The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto Galerie

    William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 Canadian mixed media on board The Section Foreman's Wife A04F-E02158-009 36 x 46.5 inches 91.4 x 118.1 centimeters initialed and dated 1966 and on verso titled, dated and inscribed The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto Galerie

William Kurelek Biography

(b Whitford, Alta, 3 March 1927; d Toronto, Nov 1977). Canadian painter and writer of Ukrainian descent. He gained an arts degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, in 1949. He was then at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, from 1949 to 1950 and at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel, Mexico, from 1950 to 1951. After a period of restless travelling he went to England in 1952 where, after a breakdown and suicide attempt, he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1957. While in England he began to paint in earnest and had paintings in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions from 1956 to 1958. Even before his conversion his work was imbued with religious feeling, as in Lord That I May See (1955; Montreal, Mus. F.A.), and religion is central to all his later work.

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  • WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. STOVE, ink and graphite; signed with initials and dated '74 15 ins x 20 ins; 37.5 cms x 50 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William Kurelek, Someone With Me, Niagara Falls Art Gallery, Niagara Falls,, William Kurelek, CAD1,500 Register to bid

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. STOVE, ink and graphite; signed with initials and dated '74 15 ins x 20 ins; 37.5 cms x 50 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William Kurelek, Someone With Me, Niagara Falls Art Gallery, Niagara Falls,

  • WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. SOMEONE WITH ME, mixed media on board; signed with initials and dated '74 11.5 ins x 8.75 ins; 28.8 cms x 21.9 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William Kurelek, Someone With Me, Cornell University,, William Kurelek, CAD10,000 Register to bid

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. SOMEONE WITH ME, mixed media on board; signed with initials and dated '74 11.5 ins x 8.75 ins; 28.8 cms x 21.9 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William Kurelek, Someone With Me, Cornell University,

  • WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. AFTER CHURCH DURING INDIAN SUMMER (THE KAVANAGH HOMESTEAD, BANCROFT), mixed media on board; signed with initials and dated '76 24 ins x 24 ins; 60 cms x 60 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William, William Kurelek, CAD40,000 Register to bid

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. AFTER CHURCH DURING INDIAN SUMMER (THE KAVANAGH HOMESTEAD, BANCROFT), mixed media on board; signed with initials and dated '76 24 ins x 24 ins; 60 cms x 60 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William

  • WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. ST. BENEDICT'S FARM, COMBERMERE, ONTARIO, watercolour, heightened with white; signed with initials and dated /66 19 ins x 25 ins; 47.5 cms x 62.5 cms Provenance: The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. Private Collection,, William Kurelek, CAD20,000 Register to bid

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. ST. BENEDICT'S FARM, COMBERMERE, ONTARIO, watercolour, heightened with white; signed with initials and dated /66 19 ins x 25 ins; 47.5 cms x 62.5 cms Provenance: The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. Private Collection,

  • WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. TWO DOLLAR BILL ON CITY BEACH (TROMPE L'OEIL), mixed media on board; signed with initials and dated '76 15.75 ins x 19.75 ins; 39.4 cms x 49.4 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William Kurelek, Someone, William Kurelek, CAD5,000 Register to bid

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. TWO DOLLAR BILL ON CITY BEACH (TROMPE L'OEIL), mixed media on board; signed with initials and dated '76 15.75 ins x 19.75 ins; 39.4 cms x 49.4 cms Provenance: Private Collection, Quebec. Literature: William Kurelek, Someone

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  • William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 Canadian mixed media, William Kurelek, Click for value View Details

    William Kurelek

    William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 Canadian mixed media

  • WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. THE BOARD WALK AT, William Kurelek, Click for value View Details

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A. THE BOARD WALK AT

  • WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A., PRACTICAL JOKES IN THRESHING TIME, mixed media on board, 22 ins x 11 3/4 ins; 55 cms x 29.4 cms, William Kurelek, Click for value View Details

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK, R.C.A., PRACTICAL JOKES IN THRESHING TIME, mixed media on board, 22 ins x 11 3/4 ins; 55 cms x 29.4 cms

  • WILLIAM KURELEK OSA RCA 1927 - 1977 Canadian Near Dawson Creek mixed media on board, 1973 on verso titled 47.5 x 48.75in, 120.6 x 123.8cm Provenance: Isaacs Gallery, Toronto Anglo Canadian Pulp & Paper Company Private Collection, Toronto Exhibited:, William Kurelek, Click for value View Details

    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK OSA RCA 1927 - 1977 Canadian Near Dawson Creek mixed media on board, 1973 on verso titled 47.5 x 48.75in, 120.6 x 123.8cm Provenance: Isaacs Gallery, Toronto Anglo Canadian Pulp & Paper Company Private Collection, Toronto Exhibited:

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    William Kurelek 1927 - 1977 Canadian mixed media

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    William Kurelek

    WILLIAM KURELEK1927 - 1977

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