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William Abernethy Ogilvie Born in Cape Province, South Africa, 1901 – 1989 William Ogilvie studied in Johannesburg. He immigrated to Canada in 1925 and pursued his studies at the Arts Students League of New York. In 1933, he was one of the founding members of the Canadian Group of Painters. He headed the School of Art at the Art Association of Montreal from 1938 to 1941. He enlisted in August 1940 and a year later he was assigned to Canadian Military Headquarters in London. As an official war artist, which he was in effect from February 1942 to September 1946, he painted a number of scenes in the United Kingdom, including anti-aircraft defences on the Thames estuary, Forestry Corps camps, and invasion training in Scotland. In Sicily and Italy he followed the units of the First Canadian Infantry Division. In North-West Europe, he depicted the activities of the men of the Fourth Canadian Armoured Division and the airborne operations that were part of the Normandy invasion. At the end of hostilities, he obtained a position as a professor at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. He travelled to South Africa and Greece. He was awarded a government fellowship to paint in Italy. Text copied directly from Library and Archives Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/war-artists/ 0510021006_e.html. |
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| William Ogilvie is a renowned Canadian artist, born in Cape Province, South Africa. |
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| La Parete Gallery – Fine Art Gallery - Toronto - Canada La Parete Gallery is recognized for its selection of Fine Art: Canadian Art - Native Art - Inuit Art - First Nations Art - International Art |
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| Artists: Antonio, Ann Beam, Carl Beam, Molly Lamb Bobak, David Bolduc, Miller Brittain, Christopher Broadhurst, Frank Leonard Brooks, Israel Broytman, A.J. Casson, Antonio Cardarelli, J. Cardinal-Schubert, Jack Chambers, Konrad Cramer, Eegyvudluk, Dorothy Francis, Pal Fried, Joachim Gauthier, Richard Gorman, Giovanni Guarlotti Tom Hodgson, Gershon Iskowitz, Lee L'Clerc, Maud Lewis, Kenneth Lochhead, René Marcil, Norval Morrisseau, Robert Natkin, Louis de Niverville, Anna Noéh, William Ogilvie, Frère Jérôme Paradis, William Ronald, Rolph Scarlett, Gerald Scott, P.C. Sheppard, Roland Strasser, Harold Town |
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