Otto Donald Rogers RCA (19 November 1935 – 28 April 2019) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from rural Saskatchewan whose abstract works reflects his Baháʼí Faith in unity in diversity.
[1] In 1955 he obtained a scholarship from the Saskatchewan Arts Board that let him attend the Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Jack Shadbolt.
[5] Rogers became a leader in Baháʼí activities in Saskatchewan, and held increasingly senior positions in the organization of this religion.
He was conducted through the vaults of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, where he saw the works of artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich.
[3] In 1998 Rogers returned to Canada and settled in Milford in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
His studio there was designed by his son-in-law Siamak Hariri, an architect, who is married to his daughter Sasha Rogers.
[7] Rogers follows the Cubist-Constructivist tradition started by Pablo Picasso, Julio González and David Smith.
[3] Clement Greenberg said of the Otto Rogers when he was a young man, that he is “an artist of amazing talent, worthy of an international reputation.”[9] He has been given many awards for his painting, sculpture and graphic arts.