William Kurelek was a Canadian and Ukrainian artist born in 1927 in Whitford, Alberta, Canada. He passed away in 1977 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His work often depicted his childhood on the prairies, his Ukrainian-Canadian roots, his struggles with mental illness, and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Kurelek was influenced by Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco. He studied at the University of Manitoba, the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, and the Instituto Allende in Mexico. His works are exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the American Visionary Arts Museum. Among his accolades, he received the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award and was named a Member of the Order ...