biography of William Goodridge ROBERTS (1904-1974)

Birth place: Barbados, BWI

Addresses: Montreal, PQ

Profession: Painter

Studied: Beaux-Arts, Montreal, 1924-26; ASL, 1927-29; Univ. NB (L.L.D., 1960)

Exhibited: Carnegie Inst., 1952 & 1955; Valencia Int., 1955; Mexico City, Mex., 1958; Brussels, Belg., 1958; Tate Gal., London, Eng., 1964. Awards: prizes, Montreal Mus. Fine Arts, 1948 & 1956 & Winnipeg Art Gal., 1957; Glazebrook Award, 1959

Member: Can. Group Painters; Can. Soc. Graphic Art; Can. Soc. Painters in Water Colour; Contemp. Arts Soc., Montreal; Royal Can. Acad.

Work: Nat. Gal. Can.; Montreal Mus. Fine Arts; Vancouver A. Gal.; Winnipeg A. Gal.; Bezalel Mus., Israel. Commissions: painting of Quebec landscape presented to Queen Elizabeth by Royal Can. Air Force Assn., 1954.

Comments: Positions: official war artist, RCAF, 1943-1945. Teaching: vis. fel., Univ. NB, 1959-60.