Lloyd Pretty

by | Aug 15, 2020

Lloyd Pretty Artist Bio: Lloyd Pretty (1944-2020)   Lloyd Pretty was a well-known self-taught artist who started his artistic career later in life. Lloyd was born in 1944 in Chapel Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He showed artistic skill at an early age but took...

Charles Joseph Natoire

by | Jul 24, 2020

Charles Joseph Natoire Artist Bio: Charles Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) Natoire was a French painter in the Rococo manner and played a prominent role in the artistic life of France. Natoire’s education in art started under the shadow of his father, Charles-Joseph...

Moses (Moe) Reinblatt

by | Mar 12, 2020

Moses (Moe) Reinblatt Artist Bio: Moe Reinblatt (1917-1979) Reinblatt was born in Montreal, the son of a Bessarabian rug maker. He showed an aptitude for art while young and studied with Anne Savage while he attended Baron Byng High School. Later he studied with...

Pegi Nichol McLeod

by | Mar 12, 2020

Pegi Nichol McLeod Artist Bio: Pegi Nichol Macleod (1904-1949) Born in Listowel, Ontario, she studied painting under Franklin Brownell at the Ottawa Art Association. MacLeod worked in both oil and watercolour, and her subjects included figures, landscapes, genre, and...