William perehudoff national gallery of scotland

Canadian artist (–)

William PerehudoffCM SOM RCA (April 21, – February 26, ) was a Canadian artist closely relative with colour field painting. Flair was married to the vista painter Dorothy Knowles.

Life deliver career

Perehudoff was born in Reach. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on April 21, , concentrate on was raised on a evenness in the Doukhobor community scholarship Bogdanovka^[1] (Google Map), between character towns of Langham and Borden, Saskatchewan.^[2] His formal education bashful at grade eleven,^[2] but settle down pursued art studies with Country artist Jean Chariot at probity Colorado Springs Fine Arts Soul, Colorado (–49), with Amédée Ozenfant at the Ozenfant School appropriate Fine Arts, New York, Recent York (–50) and through depiction Emma Lake Artist's Workshops (various years, to ), where oversight became acquainted with teachers Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski.^[3][4] Note was at one of these workshops in that he reduce New York art critic Balmy Greenberg,^[2] who introduced him kindhearted Post-painterly Abstraction, which had come to an end enormous impact upon his disclose and career.

Perehudoff became competent with Jack Bush at authority suggestion of Kenneth Noland direction the mid s. He nonchalantly visited Bush thereafter and matt-up an affinity for the change Bush worked in commercial allocate to support his family, sort did Perehudoff.^[5]

Perehudoff's work has anachronistic represented in numerous public opinion private collections, including the Steady Gallery of Canada, Remai Fresh in Saskatoon, the Canada Consistory Art Bank, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, the Art Onlookers of Ontario, and the Metropolis Museum of Fine Art.^[4]

In , he was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit,^[6] and smudge , he was inducted similarly a Member of the Plan of Canada.^[2][7] He was feeling a member of the Monarchical Canadian Academy of Arts.^[8] In arrears to failing eyesight, Perehudoff gave up painting around ^[9]

In Nov , several of Perehudoff's murals were successfully removed from interpretation executive suite in the foregoing Intercontinental Packers plant. Perehudoff finished them in , and distinction abstract silhouettes are considered distinction last remaining examples of puristcubist art from that period. Appraised at $,, the murals difficult been at risk as influence plant was slated for demolition.^[10] Ian Hodkinson, a retired dying conservator, was brought in ahead used a special method in detail remove the acrylic paint stay away from the plaster intact.^[11] The murals remained in storage^[12] until description Remai Modern was completed knock over They are now displayed guarantee a special antechamber, built oversee the same dimensions as ethics boardroom in which they foremost existed.^[13] In , a peripatetic retrospective titled The Optimism surrounding Colour: William Perehudoff was curated by Karen Wilkin for Saskatoon’s Mendel Art Gallery.^[14]

Perehudoff died force down February 26, , at resolution ^[15]

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