Goodridge Roberts
Roberts devoted his entire life to painting. During the course of his lifetime, he produced a staggering number of works, more than 3,000 in all. Roberts was born in 1904 to a prominent literary family. His father, Theodore, was a poet, novelist and journalist. Roberts began his studies at Montreal's Ecole des Beaux-Arts but encouraged by his art-critic aunt, Mary Fanton Roberts, he enrolled at New York's Art Students League. His New York schooling would prove to be a major influence on his career.
During the 1930s, Roberts lived, painted and taught in Ontario. He was the very first artist-in-residence at Queen's University in Toronto. Refusing to incorporate nationalist content into his work, Roberts became recognized for his modernist approach. In the 1940s, Roberts moved to Montreal and continued painting and teaching. He was admired by Quebec's francophone art community, who saw in his work a reflection of the modernist figurative tradition from France, known in Montreal as "living art."
His works were equally divided into the themes of landscapes, portraits and still lifes; all are textbook examples of each style.
The artist's last major retrospective was held at the National Gallery of Canada in 1969. He died in January 1974.
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