John Boyle (artist)

John B. Boyle
Born
John Bernard Boyle

(1941-09-23) 23 September 1941
EducationSelf-taught
Known forPainter, activist, curator and writer
MovementLondon Regionalism
AwardsCanada Council Grants in 1971, 1973 and 1979, and 1987
Electedmember in 1975, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

John B. Boyle RCA (born 23 September 1941) is a Canadian painter known for his use of subjects drawn from his own specific life experience and from Canadian history. He was a part of the London Regional art movement. The National Gallery of Canada considers Boyle's paintings are "firmly within the realm of the Canadian response to the 1960s-era Pop phenomenon.