| BIOGRAPHY |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY 1970 - 1984 |
1970
Kritzwiser, K. Globe and Mail. 24 Oct 1970."...but
something is happening again in his work...he is a responsive painter..."
Wilson, Peter. "Work Shows Why Artist Has Gained
Respect" Toronto Daily Star. 23 October 1970. "...and confidence
of people in North America ordinarily skeptical of modern art...achievement of a
consistent quality for two decades..."
Excelsior. "Canadian Painter RYW" 9 Jan 1970. Photo:
RYW in front of ATOTONILCO.
Scott, Tom. The News. 'The Three Musketeers of San Miguel de
Allende.'"at Ramirez Cultural Center...a major figure in Canadian Art...the Wilson's
guest Maestro Ernesto Barbini composed an operetta, Lyrics by RYW.
Starweek. Cover Photo: O'Keefe Center Foyer, showing mural THE
SEVEN LIVELY ARTS by RYW.
Cherry, Z. Globe and Mail. 25 Sept 1970. "Carleton
University...mosaic...FOR PEACE is the title..."
1971
Cherry, Z. Globe and Mail. 2 Dec 1971. "Musician honoured
through art...."
Montreal Star, 26 Mar 1971. "Royal Canadian Academy at
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - New Trends Pictured...most outstanding of exhibition RYW's
" TRIBUTE TO LAWREN HARRIS" acr/can 52"x 60" ' ...a beautifully sober
work... completely abstract...'
Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 1971 "intellegent abstracts...rich
color, faraway places...'
Le Droit, 5 Nov 1971 'Oeuvres de RYW ...La Galerie Wallack... RYW , bien connu au pays...' Reproduction. "Sabah" a été executée par son auteur en 1966...voyage en Indonesie...'
Le Droit, 6 Nov 1971 'Exposition stimulaante de RYW...on se rend
compte d'une evolution continuelle...' Photo RYW in front of painting.
Ottawa Journal, 6 Nov 1971 "Exhibition by Toronto artist
York Wilson"
Ottawa Journal, 4 Nov 1971 'Vitality, color highlight works...
Few contemporary artists have a wider appeal or work with such professional competence...
students visit worthwhile.'
Napenee Paper, 1971 'Toronto muralist to select designs...7 of 42
designs to be chosen...'
Kingston Whig Standard, 22 Nov 1971 'Expert selects top
NDSS murals...Internationally known muralist in preparation for project...students toured
Mr. Wilson's studio...'
1972
McGill News, Jan 1972: p.11 Reproduction of McGill Mural formerly
in Redpath Library, now located in Drop-in Center.
Duval, Paul. Four Decades 1972 "Wilson must be ranked the
most important of all Canadian mural designers...one of our finest abstract painters...
1973
Times Herald. Port Huron, Michigan. "Sarnia Gallery Offers
York Wilson Exhibit" Sept 1 1973 "Unlike many of his contemporaries, York Wilson
has achieved considerable recognition...his work is completely unique..."
Michigan Pleasure Seeker. Sept 3 1973. "Works by prominent
muralist York Wilson...powerful international union tried to force York Wilson to
join...this is a landmark case which has saved artists around the world from compulsory
unionization..."
Michigan Pleasure Seeker. Sept 10 1973. "Artist's work
reflects journey from realism to abstraction...colour experiences exciting..."
1974
Sarnia Observer. "York Wilson Retrospective Opens Art
Gallery Season" Sept 1974. "York Wilson is considered one of North America's
leading muralists..."
MacVicar, N. Globe and Mail Nov 16 1974 "York Wilson: An Old
Pro With a Beginner's Zest" "Talking with York Wilson is like hearing a young
artist with talents he hasn't even begun to test..." Photo: York Wilson at work.
1975
1976
"My Life in Art: an Interview with YW". New York Public Radio,
Fordham University. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Nov 20-30 1976.
Arts & Letters Club Monthly. Oct-Nov 1976."This month, a
dynamic exhibition of YW's paintings...a certain person proclaimed loudly that abstraction
was dead... but that was before he went to see YW's show and was reconverted..."
1977
Dempster, Sid. Ottawa Citizen. "Wilson's Message All On The
Surface" Oct 21 1977. "...the artist himself is well hidden by blandness"
Wallack, Claire. Ottawa Citizen. "Must a critic deter public
viewing?" Letter to the Editor, Sept 23 1977.
Cherry, Zena. Globe and Mail. "Work of two Canadians in
Show at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris...Sorel Etrog and York Wilson included with such famous
names as Marc Chagall, Tamayo Foujita, André Masson, Saint Saens, Severini,
Zadkine..." Nov 3 1977.
1978
Cherry, Z.Globe and Mail. "RYW is being hailed as Canada's
and possibly the world's foremost living muralist..." Photo: RYW and Paul Duval
signing book. Dec 7 1978.
Duval, Paul and Marshall McLuhan. York Wilson Wallack Galleries, Oshawa
1978.
1979
Symons, Scott. Globe and Mail. "Canadian Culture Blooms in
Mexico...York and Lela Wilson fly in from Toronto for a brief visit." Jan 13 1979.
Windsor Star. Nov 2."RYW...one of Canada's most consistently
brilliant and durable painters...what he has given us in his seventy-two years as a
muralist, tapestry designer, painter in watercolours, oils, gouaches and acrylics, should
assure him of perpetual studio space and eternal northeast light in the Canadian art
firmament...the vast number of his works hanging in galleries and private collections all
over the world attest to that..."
1980
COC Magazine. "Twenty years ago today, muralist York Wilson made
his own dramatic history..." Photo: RYW working on Seven Lively Arts mural,
O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts. Nov 1980
Cherry, Zena. Globe and Mail 23 Nov 1980. "Wilson's Work
Will Hang in Uffizi...his self-portrait will be on permanent display, alongside those of
Michelangelo and Leonardo...other recent additions to the collection are works by
Siqiueros and Chagall..."
1983
Blackman, Ted. Montreal Gazette 23 Apr 1983 "Wilson may
hang self-portrait beside Michelangelo and Leonardo in Florence's Uffizi, but he's a mere
mortal in his native land. Air Canada lost his luggage..."
Murray, Joan. Artmagazine. Nov 1983 "York Wilson at Moore
Gallery"
Inglis, Grace. Hamilton Spectator 1 Oct 1983 "Four Decades
of York Wilson Form Striking Retrospective"
Globe and Mail 28 Oct 1983 "On Thursday evening...three
distinguished Canadians will receive the outstanding OSA Award..."
1984
Mays, John Bentley. Globe and Mail 11 Feb 1984 "Artist Did
Mural at O'Keefe"
Contenta, Sandro. Toronto Star 12 Feb 1984 "York
Wilson: Renowned Canadian Muralist...considered one of the world's foremost abstract
painters, died Friday at Toronto General Hospital."
Toronto Sun 12 Feb 1984 "Famed Toronto Artist Dead at
76"
Winnipeg Free Press 13 Feb 1984 "Canadian Painter Dead at
76"
Halifax Chronicle Herald 13 Feb 1984 "Painter and Muralist
York Wilson Dies."
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