Ted Pulford "beach Scene with Outcrops"

EDWARD (TED) BERWYN PULFORD (CANADIAN, 1914–1994) WATERCOLOUR ON FINE ART PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED 1982 LOWER LEFT 13.625 X 20.625 IN AT SIGHT 21.125 X 28.125 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 ...