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JOSEPH PURCELL ‘WINTER HARBOUR’ WATERCOLOUR

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

JOSEPH PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1927�2017) WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT: "JOSEPH PURCELL / FEB. 1985". 12 X 16 IN AT SIGHT 17 X 21 IN FRAMED BORN IN HALIFAX AND TRAINED AT THE NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART, JOSEPH PURCELL GAINED EARLY NATIONAL ACCLAIM BY AGE EIGHTEEN COMPLETING MAJOR HOTEL MURALS AND LATER…

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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JOSEPH PURCELL (CANADIAN, 1927�2017)
WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT: "JOSEPH PURCELL / FEB. 1985".
12 X 16 IN AT SIGHT
17 X 21 IN FRAMED
BORN IN HALIFAX AND TRAINED AT THE NOVA SCOTIA COLLEGE OF ART, JOSEPH PURCELL GAINED EARLY NATIONAL ACCLAIM BY AGE EIGHTEEN COMPLETING MAJOR HOTEL MURALS AND LATER REPRESENTING HALIFAX IN SEAGRAM'S RENOWNED WORLD-TOURING "CITIES OF CANADA" COLLECTION. WORKING PRIMARILY OUT OF LUNENBURG, HE DEVOTED HIS CAREER TO CAPTURING MARITIME COASTAL LIFE, WITH HIS WATERCOLOURS AND MURALS FEATURED IN LEADING CANADIAN GALLERIES, TRANS-ATLANTIC EXHIBITIONS, AND NUMEROUS PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS.