the mural in the aniconic image of the sun. Kurelek was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 1976, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He died of cancer in Toronto in 1977. His archives, and a substantial body of his work, including the Passion series mentioned above, are held at Niagara Falls Art Gallery and Archives Canada. In Popular Culture In 1981, the hard rock band Van Halen released their fourth album titled "Fair Warning", with a cover that features several closeup details of William Kurelek's painting "The Maze" from 1953. Publications Solo works O Toronto (1973). Toronto: New Press. Someone With Me: An Autobiography (1973). Ithaca, New York: Centre for Improvement of Undergraduate Education, Cornell University. Someone With Me: An Autobiography (1980). Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1980. . A Prairie Boy's Winter (1973). . Lumberjack (1974). German: Die Holzfäller. Transl. Ilse Stasmann. Jungbrunnen, Vienna 1982 A Prairie Boy's Summer. (1975). . The Passion of Christ (1975). Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls Art Gallery & Museum. Kurelek's Canada (1975). Toronto: Pagurian Press Limited. The Last of the Arctic (1976). Toronto: Pagurian Press Limited. A Northern Nativity (1976). . Fields (1976). Montreal: Tundra Books. Someone With Me: An Autobiography (1980). (revised condensed reprint) Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. The Ukrainian Pioneer (1980). Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls Art Gallery. Based on the 1971 mural of the same title. The Polish Canadians (1981). Montreal: Tundra Books. Someone with Me (reprint) (1988). Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls Art Gallery. To My Father's Village (1988). Montreal: Tundra Books. . In collaboration They Sought A New World (1985) Montreal: Tundra Books. Text by Margaret Engelhart, with snippets of the artist's commentary and paintings illustrating Engelhart's text. With historian Abraham Arnold. Jewish Life In Canada (1976). Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers. Kurelek Country (1999) Toronto: Key Porter Books. Preface by his dealer, Av Isaacs; biographical essay by historian Ramsay Cook. With Joan Murray (1983). Kurelek's Vision of Canada. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers. Exhibition catalogue. Works illustrated by him Kupchenko-Frolick, G. (1989). The Chicken Man. Stratford, Ontario: Williams-Wallace Publishers. Ivan Franko. (1978). Fox Mykyta. Montreal: Tundra Books. (72 illustrations.) Mitchell, W.O. (1976). Who Has Seen the Wind. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. De Marco, D. (1974). Abortion in Perspective. Cincinnati: Hiltz & Hayes Publishing. (Section head illustrations.) Exhibitions Kurelek: The Messenger. Touring Winnipeg, Victoria, and Hamilton 2011–2012. Kurelek from the Community: An autobiography through his art