A Digital Exhibit of Fine Art by Canadian Artists
A Digital Exhibit of Fine Art by Canadian Artists
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Robert Wakeham Pilot (1898-1967) was a Canadian painter, muralist, and etcher. Born in St. John’s Newfoundland in 1898, he is known for his landscapes painted in an Impressionist style.
He was perhaps most significantly influenced by his stepfather Maurice Cullen, who introduced Pilot to the arts when his mother married Cullen in 1910. As a child, Pilot assisted Cullen in his studio, and the two would take sketching trips together. He later studied in Montreal under William Brymner. In 1916, Pilot joined the army, serving as a gunner on trench mortars in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Fifth Division Artillery, during World War I. From 1920-1922, he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1922, he exhibited at the Paris Salon. His work took on Impressionist influences after he visited the artists’ colony at Concarneau.
Upon returning to Canada, he was elected as an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1925, serving as the Adcademy’s president from 1952-1954. His first solo show was in 1927, at the Watson Art Galleries. He won the Jessie Dow Prize in that year and in 1934.
He re-enlisted in 1941 serving as a Captain in The Black Watch, and was mentioned in dispatches while in Italy, which resulted in him being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1944. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953.
Paintings by Pilot were presented to Winston Churchill and to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Others are in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. He had several successful exhibitions throughout his lifetime, and after passing away in Montreal in 1967, Pilot was honoured with a retrospective exhibition in 1969 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Robert Wakeham Pilot (1898-1967) was a Canadian painter, muralist, and etcher. Born in St. John’s Newfoundland in 1898, he is known for his landscapes painted in an Impressionist style.
He was perhaps most significantly influenced by his artist stepfather, Maurice Cullen, who introduced Pilot to the arts when his mother married Cullen in 1910. As a child, Pilot assisted Cullen in his studio, and the two would take sketching trips together. He later studied in Montreal under William Brymner. In 1916, Pilot joined the army, serving as a gunner on trench mortars in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Fifth Division Artillery, during World War I. From 1920-1922, he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1922, he exhibited at the Paris Salon. His work took on Impressionist influences after he visited the artists’ colony at Concarneau.
Upon returning to Canada, he was elected as an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1925, serving as the Adcademy’s president from 1952-1954. His first solo show was in 1927, at the Watson Art Galleries. He won the Jessie Dow Prize in that year and in 1934.
He re-enlisted in 1941 serving as a Captain in The Black Watch, and was mentioned in dispatches while in Italy, which resulted in him being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1944. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953.
Paintings by Pilot were presented to Winston Churchill and to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Others are in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. He had several successful exhibitions throughout his lifetime, and after passing away in Montreal in 1967, Pilot was honoured with a retrospective exhibition in 1969 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
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