Description:
Like new, filled with wonderful illustrations both color and black & white of his vibrant paintings.
A popular Canadian painter, draftsman, printmaker and educator, Thomas Keith Roberts (aka: Tom Roberts) was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Mississauga, Ontario (suburb of Toronto). He lived in or near the 'Greater Toronto Area' his whole life. For over three decades, Roberts' works were regularly included in exhibitions with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, the Ontario Society of Artists*, and the Art Association of Montreal
"Tom Roberts chose to be a painter at the age of eight and never strayed from his chosen path...This insightful, heartfelt biography by his daughter Celia chronicles the life of an exceptional Canadian artist from his childhood in Toronto's Parkdale district and on Toronto Island, through his years of formal education, and his even more vital years of study in the outdoors."(dust jacket)