- William Kurelek (Canadian, ), Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Oil on board, 66 x cm. The Ukrainian Pioneer (No. 5) , ; acrylic, graphite, coloured pencil, gouache on masonite acrylique, graphite, crayon de couleur, gouache sur masonite Did you know this type of wagon was commonly used in Kurelek’s day by Ukrainian families who were celebrating the marriage of . William Kurelek’s father and mother, Dmytro and Mary Kurelek (née Huculak), c. William Kurelek was born on a grain farm north of Willingdon, Alberta, to Mary (née Huculak) and Dmytro Kurelek in Mary’s parents had arrived in the region east of Edmonton around the turn of the century, in the first wave of Ukrainian immigration.
William Kurelek, CM (March 3, - November 3, ) was a Canadian artist and writer. William Kurelek was born near Whitford, Alberta in , the oldest of seven children in an Ukrainian immigrant family: Bill, John, Winn, Nancy, Sandy, Paul, Iris. His family lost their grain farm during the Great Depression and moved to a dairy farm near Stonewall, Manitoba. He developed an early. Download or read book entitled The Ukrainian Pioneer Woman in Canada written by William Kurelek and published by Unknown online. This book was released on 03 November with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Download or read The Ukrainian Pioneer Woman in Canada full HQ book in pdf, epub and kindle. National Gallery of Canada; Transfer from the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada, (no. ).
The people in Kurelek’s painting have just crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a boat from Ukraine. If you look closely at the background of the painting, you can catch a glimpse of the Canadian shoreline. Judging from Kurelek’s series of paintings based on his father’s experiences as an immigrant farmer in Canada, what have you learned about the life of a Ukrainian pioneer during the ’? How do you think his father’s experience would be different if he came to Canada today?. Kurelek’s painting features over 20 farmers (most of them likely immigrants) who are not only working on their own farms but building a community. Can you name at least 3 different community projects depicted in this painting that people are working on together? Using the zoom, look carefully at all the details Kurelek has included in his painting.
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