Gathie falk biography of william
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Gathie Falk
Canadian artist
Gathie FalkCM OBC is a Canadian painter, sculptor, installation and performance artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1][2] Since the 1960s, she has created works that consider the simple beauty of everyday items and daily rituals.[3]
Life and work
Gathie Falk was born on January 31, 1928, in Alexander near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, to immigrant Russian Mennonite parents.
Her father, Cornelius, died that same year and her mother, Agatha, went to work to support her and her older brother Gordon, while her eldest brother, Jack, had to move in with another family.[4] In 1930, the Falk family relocated to another small town in southern Manitoba and continued to move around, eventually ending up in Winnipeg when Falk was a teenager.[5] At 16, she left high school to work so she could assist with the family finances and completed her education via correspondence courses.[6] When s