Background
Roberts, William Goodridge was born on September 24, 1904 in Barbados, British West Indies California California. Son of Theodore Goodridge and Frances (Allen) Roberts.
Roberts, William Goodridge was born on September 24, 1904 in Barbados, British West Indies California California. Son of Theodore Goodridge and Frances (Allen) Roberts.
Student in public schools, also Ecole des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 1924-1926, Art Students League, New York City, 1927-1929. Doctor of Laws, University North.B., 1960.
1 son, Timothy Gostwick. 1 stepdau., Glynnis Thomas. Resident artist Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1933-1936.
Instructor School Art, Montreal Museum Fine Arts, 1939-1952.
Visiting fellow U. North.B., 1959-1960. Over 30 one-man exhibitions in Canada, one in Paris, 1954.
Exhibited at New York World’s Fair, Pittsburgh International, 26th Venice Biennale, 1st and 2d Sao Paulo Bienal, International exhibition, Valencia, Venezuela, 1955, Pan American Exhibition, Mexico, 1958, Brussels World Fair 1958, Tate Gallery, London, 1964, Expo ’67, Montreal, 1967, National Gallery of Canada Retrospective, 1969-1970. Permanent collections National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum Fine Arts, Quebec Provincial Museum, Toronto Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Hamilton Gallery.
Official war artist Royal Canadian Air Force, 1943-1945.
Painting Quebec Landscape presented to Queen Elizabeth by Royal Canadian Air Force Association, 1954. Canada government overseas fellow, 1953-1954.
Member Canada Group of Painters, Water Color Society Canada, Society Graphic Arts, Royal Canada Academy.
Married Marian Willson, December 19, 1933. Married second, Joan Carter, July 2, 1954.