William Winter

William Winter was born in Winnipeg in 1909. William Winter was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1909. He studied art under Frank H. Johnston and Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald at the Winnipeg School of Art from 1923-1929, and then from 1930-1935 he worked as a commercial artist at Brigden’s, Winnipeg, while continuing to study art. He moved to Toronto in 1937.

Living in Toronto from the 1940s onwards, Winter became known in the 1950s for his lively city scenes, many depicting children in a modern realist style. His subjects also include portraits, figures and the prairie landscape. He painted in oil, acrylic, and watercolour, and drew with pencil and coloured chalk. In the 1960s, Winter taught drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art and the Artist’s Workshop, both in Toronto.

Winters' work has been added to ane extensive list of collections:
National Gallery of Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario
Vancouver Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Hamilton
London Regional Art Gallery
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
National Gallery of Auckland, New Zealand
Brock University, St. Catharines
Corporation of the City of North Bay
TransCanada PipeLines, Toronto
Hiram Walker Resources, Toronto
Du Pont Canada Inc., Toronto
Dofasco Inc., Hamilton
Canada Packers Inc., Toronto
McLean McCarthy Ltd. , Toronto
Glaxo Canada, Mississauga
Cinque Investments, Toronto
LaBell Toy Soldiers Inc., Toronto
John Lordan Footwear Ltd., Toronto
Sam Wise Enterprises, Montreal
Levitt, Shekter & Schnurr, Toronto
GBB Associates, Toronto
Bell Gouinlock Limited, Toronto