1. Robert Pilot is known for his ability to capture the tone and atmosphere, especially at twilight, of the landscape of Quebec.
11 Facts About Robert Pilot
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Robert Pilot was born at St John's, Newfoundland, to Edward Frederick Robert Pilot and his wife Barbara.
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Robert Pilot later studied in Montreal in night classes of the Monument National where he learned drawing, then attended night classes at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts with William Brymner, and finally full-time classes with Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal.
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Robert Pilot was influenced by Cullen's interpretation of Impressionism and by Camille Pissarro and James Wilson Morrice because they had to his mind the appropriate balance of form and atmosphere.
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Robert Pilot won the Jessie Dow Prize at the Art Association of Montreal in that year and in 1934.
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Robert Pilot re-enlisted in 1941, during World War II, serving as a captain in The Black Watch.
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Robert Pilot was mentioned in dispatches while in Italy, which resulted in him being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1944.
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Robert Pilot held his first Toronto solo show in 1948 at the Laing Galleries.
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Robert Pilot was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953.
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Paintings by Robert Pilot were presented to Winston Churchill and to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Robert Pilot died at Montreal General Hospital on 17 December 1967, and was survived by his wife Patricia and son, Wakeham.