EDWARD (TED) BERWYN PULFORD (CANADIAN, 1914�1994). WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED ’80 LOWER RIGHT.
AN ATMOSPHERIC REGIONAL REALIST LANDSCAPE DEPICTING ROLLING GREEN AND OCHRE HILLS UNDER A DRAMATIC, HEAVILY OVERCAST SKY.
13.5 X 21 IN AT SIGHT
23 X 31 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 GRADUATING FROM MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY IN 1949, HE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS STAFF, TEACHING ALONGSIDE ALEX COLVILLE AND LAWREN P. HARRIS. REFERRED TO BY GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS AS A “GURU OF TECHNIQUE,” PULFORD PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN DEFINING MARITIME REALISM AND TRAINING CELEBRATED CANADIAN ARTISTS SUCH AS CHRISTOPHER PRATT AND TOM FORRESTALL. HE RETIRED FROM MOUNT ALLISON IN THE SPRING OF 1980 TO DEVOTE HIMSELF FULL-TIME TO HIS ATMOSPHERIC LANDSCAPE PAINTING PRACTICE.
TED PULFORD “LANDSCAPE UNDER OVERCAST SKY” 1980
EDWARD (TED) BERWYN PULFORD (CANADIAN, 1914�1994). WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED ’80 LOWER RIGHT. AN ATMOSPHERIC REGIONAL REALIST LANDSCAPE DEPICTING ROLLING GREEN AND OCHRE HILLS UNDER A DRAMATIC, HEAVILY OVERCAST SKY. 13.5 X 21 IN AT SIGHT 23 X 31 IN FRAMED EDWARD “TED” PULFORD WAS A PROMINENT CANADIAN REALIST PAINTER AND AN INFLUENTIAL…