Bill Lobchuk
Canadian artist (born 1942)
William H. Lobchuk, known as Bill Lobchuk (born 1942) was one of the first people in Canada to found a printshop which made printmaking facilities available to contemporary artists. In 1968 he opened the Screen Shop at 50 Princess Street in Winnipeg with partner Len Anthony, which led to the founding of The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop in 1973.2
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Born Dec 20, 1942.1
About
It was the first print shop of its kind in Western Canada and a focus of printmaking production and distribution for artists, both in the Prairies and Canada-wide.
Other early founders of printshops include Richard Lacroix, founder of Atelier Libre (1964) and the Guilde Graphique (1966), and Pierre Ayot, founder of Atelier Libre 848 (1966) (renamed Atelier Graff in 1969), in Montreal, Jack Lemmon and Robert Rogers who founded the NSCAD Lithography Workshop in 1969, and Richard Sewell and Barbara Hall who founded Open Studio in Toronto in 1970.
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Early life and education
Lobchuk was born in Neepawa, Manitoba and studied with Ken Lochhead at the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1966. In 1968 he opened the Screen Shop at 50 Princess Street in Winnipeg. By the early 70s he operated the Screen Shop, the Printmakers Gallery and the Sunnyside Sign Company. These were replaced by the Grand Western Canadian (GWC) Screen Shop which he formed with partner Len Anthony, a knowledgeable technician and master printer, in 1973, hoping to make original art more affordable and generate revenue for artists.
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Career
Occupation: printmaker, painter, artist, visual artist.4
- Date not recordedFounded Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop3
Personal life
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- 1WikidataBill Lobchuk on Wikidata
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