EDWARD (TED) BERWYN PULFORD (CANADIAN, 1914�1994)
WATERCOLOUR ON FINE ART PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED 1983LOWER LEFT
A PACIFIC OCEAN OR MARITIME REALIST WATERCOLOUR COMPOSITION CAPTURING AN EXTENSIVE COASTAL PROMONTORY DOTTED WITH WHITE SETTLEMENT HOUSES ASCENDING TOWARD A RED AND WHITE STRIPED NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE STATION.
13.5 X 20.5 IN AT SIGHT
21 X 28 IN FRAMED
EDWARD “TED” PULFORD WAS A PROMINENT CANADIAN REALIST PAINTER AND AN INFLUENTIAL ART EDUCATOR WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS MASTERFUL WORK IN WATERCOLOURS. AFTER STUDYING UNDER ERNEST LINDNER IN SASKATOON, HE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AT MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY, TEACHING ALONGSIDE ALEX COLVILLE AND LAWREN P. HARRIS FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS. REFERRED TO BY GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AS A “GURU OF TECHNIQUE,” HE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE PROGRAM’S OUTSIZED IMPACT ON CANADIAN REALISM, TRAINING CELEBRATED ARTISTS SUCH AS CHRISTOPHER PRATT AND MARY PRATT. HE RETIRED FROM TEACHING IN THE SPRING OF 1980 TO DEVOTE HIMSELF FULL-TIME TO HIS ACTIVE PAINTING PRACTICE
TED PULFORD “COASTAL LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSE,” 1983
EDWARD (TED) BERWYN PULFORD (CANADIAN, 1914�1994) WATERCOLOUR ON FINE ART PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED 1983LOWER LEFT A PACIFIC OCEAN OR MARITIME REALIST WATERCOLOUR COMPOSITION CAPTURING AN EXTENSIVE COASTAL PROMONTORY DOTTED WITH WHITE SETTLEMENT HOUSES ASCENDING TOWARD A RED AND WHITE STRIPED NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE STATION. 13.5 X 20.5 IN AT SIGHT 21 X 28 IN FRAMED…