Aba Bayefsky

Aba Bayefsky

Aba Bayefsky (April 7, 1923–May 5, 2001) was a Canadian artist and teacher.

He was born in Toronto, the second son of a Russian-born father and a Scottish-born mother. During his teens, he attended classes at the Children’s Art Centre of the Art Gallery of Ontario, where he was encouraged by such artists as Arthur Lismer, Erma Sutcliffe, Dorothy Medhurst, and A. Y. Jackson.

Graduate of Central Technical School.

He enlisted in the RCAF in October, 1942, and was made a Flight Lieutenant. He was appointed an official war artist in December, 1944, assigned to depict airborne operations over north-west Europe.

After the war, he was an instructor at the Ontario College of Art. In 1958, he joined the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

In 1979, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

External links

* [http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000576 Aba Bayefsky] at The Canadian Encyclopedia


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