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Robert Pilot correspondence [textual record]

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Date:

1924-1967.

Reference:

MG30-D310

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

117928

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William Robinson Watson fonds

Robert Pilot correspondence
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Date(s):

1924-1967.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

8.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of 143 letters spanning a forty-year period, from 1924 after Pilot returned from his studies in Europe until his death in 1967. The correspondence appears to be virtually complete and documents the close friendship between Pilot and Watson, in which the latter played the role of mentor to the younger man and gave him both moral and financial encouragement, as well as reflecting their business dealings concerning the exhibition and sale of Pilot's paintings at Watson Art Galleries.

The letters describe Watson's sketching trips (places he stayed, people he met, subjects he found), his paintings (subjects, treatment, progress of his work) and their exhibition and sale. They also document his reading (with his comments on various books and writers), his opinions of other artists (both historical and contemporary), his recollections of his studies and experiences in Europe, his family (notably his step-father Maurice Cullen, who Pilot refers to as "General", including references to Cullen's painting, sketching trips, health and reflecting Pilot's personal and professional relationship with him), his moods and his ambitions.

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Private

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MG30-D310
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