biography of William KURELEK (1927-1977)

Birth place: Alberta, Canada

Addresses: Toronto, Canada

Profession: Painter

Studied: Univ. Manitoba (B.A., 1949); Inst. Allende, San Miguel, Mexico

Exhibited: Canadian Art, Speed Art Mus., Louisville, KY, 1962; Religious Art, Regis Col., 1962 & 1966; Invitation Show, Rochester Mem. Art Gal., 1963; Biennial Canadian Painting, Nat. Gal. Canada, 1963, 1965 & 1968; "Images of the Saints," Montreal Mus. Fine Arts, 1965. Awards: Senior Canadian Council fellowship, 1969.

Work: MoMA; Montreal Mus. Fine Arts; PMA; Nat. Gal. Canada, Ottawa; Art Gal. Ontario, Toronto

Comments: Publications: illus., The Passion According to St. Matthew, 160 tempera paintings reproduced in slides.

Sources: WW73; "Kurelek," Nat. Film Board, 1967.