Ceri Richards

Ceri Richards Artist Bio: Ceri Richards (1903-1971) Ceri Richards is a Welsh painter and printmaker, born in Dunvant, near Swansea, Wales, in 1903. He studied at Swansea School of Art, before winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London. In 1962 he was...

Kelsey Raymond

Kelsey Raymond Artist Bio: Kelsey Raymond (1926-2001) Kelsey Raymond was interested in art as a child and attended Acadia University after graduation from Horton Academy in Wolfville. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and following that...

Joseph (Joe) Purcell

Joseph (Joe) Purcell Artist Bio: Joseph Douglas Purcell (1927-2017) Born and lived in Halifax, N.S., Joseph Purcell studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art where he studied for three years on scholarships. After he left the college he began a series of paintings...

Mary Pratt

Mary Pratt Artist Bio: Mary Pratt (1935-2018) Mary Pratt was born in Fredericton, NB, in 1935. In 1961 she graduated in Fine Arts from Mount Allison University, where she was taught by Alex Colville, Lawren P. Harris, and Ted Pulford – all teachers who greatly...

Jessie Maura Power

Jessie Maura Power Artist Bio: Jessie Maura Power (1913-2005) Little is known of the historical female painter Jessie Maura Power, other than she was a Canadian artist who was known for her etchings and watercolour painting and covered a variety of genres, including...