William Perehudoff, AC-81-89, 1981

The Optimism of Colour Retrospective; Kamloops Art Museum

William Perehudoff’s upbringing in a small prairie farming community shaped his unique approach to color. Working alongside post-war icons such as Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski, Perehudoff is a key yet under-historicized figure in the development of color field painting. Maintaining a dedication to the Saskatchewan farmlands that so-deeply informed his practice. In 1947, Perehudoff came into contact with several Canadian artists working towards abstraction, namely Lawren Harris. By the 1950s, Perehudoff began travelling to Europe, studying under Amédée Ozenfant and marrying fellow Canadian artist Dorothy Knowles. The couple settled in Saskatchewan and were instrumental in developing an international presence for Canadian abstraction through the Emma Lake Workshops.
Museum Survey

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Nanai #6, 1969
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Œuvres
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William Perehudoff Canadian, 1918-2013

AC-81-89, 1981

Acrylic on canvas
64 x 27 in.
162.6 x 68.6 cm.
Signed, dated, and titled on verso

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Expositions
- Ten Variations on a Theme
  Group Exhibition 5 Juin - 31 Juillet 2025
  Rukaj Gallery is pleased to present Ten Paintings - an exhibition focusing on large-scale work. The emergence of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s marked a turning point in the...
- William Perehudoff
  Solo Exhibition 10 Octobre - 7 Novembre 2024
  Perehudoff: Three Decades follows the Canadian abstractionist through the 1960s to his later work of the 1990s. This exhibition traces the evolution of William Perehudoff, one of Canada’s foremost colour...
- William Perehudoff
  Solo 2 Novembre - 7 Décembre 2017
  
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Catalogues
- The Optimism of Colour
  William Perehudoff Karen Wilkin, Roald Nasgaard, and Robert Christie
  Hardcover, 206 pages
  Publisher: Mendel Art Gallery
  ISBN: 9781896359731
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Presse
- William Perehudoff in WSJ
  
  January 9 2026
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