Background
Beny, Wilfred Roy was born on January 7, 1924 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Son of Charles John Francis and Rosalie M. (Roloff) B. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, U. Toronto, 1945.
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Beny, Wilfred Roy was born on January 7, 1924 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Son of Charles John Francis and Rosalie M. (Roloff) B. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, U. Toronto, 1945.
Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts (Fellow), U. Iowa, 1947. Postgraduate, Columbia University, Institute Fine Art, New York University, 1947-1948. One-man shows of paintings and graphic arts include, Paul Morihien Gallery, Palais Royal, Paris, 1952, Galleria del Milione, Milan, Italy, 1952, Art Gallery, Ontario, 1954, Robertson Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1954, Waldorf Galleries, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1954, Western Canada Art Circuit Tour, 1955, Institute Contemporary Art, London, 1955, Contemporaries Gallery, New York City, 1956, Sagittarius, Rome, 1956, Paullo Barozzi Galleries, Venice, 1967, group shows throughout United States and Canada including, National Academy, New York City, Library of Congress, Washington, Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Institute, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Cincinnati Art Center, Dallas Museum Fine Art, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Art Association Montreal, Art Gallery Ontario, National Gallery Canada, Ottawa, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto.
Represented in permanent collections, National Gallery Canada, Fogg Museum, Boston, Yale University Museum, New Haven, Brooklyn Museum, Museum Modern Art, New York City, Redfern Gallery, London, Besalel Museum, Jerusalem, Milione Gallery, Milan and, numerous other public private collections, over 20 one-man photographic exhibits in museums, private galleries, New York City, Houston, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Florence, Teheran, New Delhi.
Books of photographs include An Aegean Notebook, 1950, The Thrones of Earth and Heaven (Design prize Leipzig Book Fair 1958), A Time of Gods, 1962, Pleasure of Ruins, 1964, To Everything There Is a Season, 1967, Japan in Colour, 1967, India, 1969, Island-Ceylong, 1971, Roloff Beny in Italy, 1974, Persia: Bridge of Turquois, 1975, Iran: Elements of Destiny, 1978.
Member Royal Canadian Academy (life).