EDWARD (TED) BERWYN PULFORD (CANADIAN, 1914�1994)
WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
AN ATMOSPHERIC EAST COAST MARITIME LANDSCAPE DEPICTING FISHING NET RACKS ON A SHORELINE
BEARS ORIGINAL CARRIAGE HOUSE GALLERY LABEL VERSO
18.25 X 28 IN
28 X 37 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
EDWARD PULFORD “SHORELINE NEAR PARRSBORO ISLAND”
EDWARD (TED) BERWYN PULFORD (CANADIAN, 1914�1994) WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT AN ATMOSPHERIC EAST COAST MARITIME LANDSCAPE DEPICTING FISHING NET RACKS ON A SHORELINE BEARS ORIGINAL CARRIAGE HOUSE GALLERY LABEL VERSO 18.25 X 28 IN 28 X 37 IN FRAMED EDWARD "TED" PULFORD WAS A PROMINENT CANADIAN REALIST PAINTER AND AN INFLUENTIAL ART EDUCATOR…