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Christopher Pratt

Christopher Pratt (1935 - 2022) was active/lived in Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada.  Christopher Pratt is known for Super real interiors, landscapes and figure painting, printmaking.

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Christopher Pratt is a painter, printmaker, graphic artist and poet.  He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (1) and, other than for schooling, has lived on the island within 75 miles of St. John's all his life.  He currently (2009) lives in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada.
 
His mediums are oil, silkscreen, lithograph, woodcut, linocut, serigraph, graphite, ink, watercolour and mixed mediums.  His subjects include structures, interiors, waterscapes, boats, figures, nudes, genre, allegory, stamps and social commentary.  His style is described as High Realism (2).  His works are precise (3) formalist studies identified by "geometric simplicity and clear tonalities" (4).  They are usually flat frontal views of austere, pristine environments (there are usually no signs of wear or usage on the buildings, the furniture or any of the elements that inhabit them).  His stated influences include Alex Colville, Lawren Phillips Ha   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12517 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Christopher Pratt


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
  • Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Interior Scenes
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Nude Figure, Nudity
  • Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
  • Waterscapes: Canals, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
Art Association
  • Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
  • Alex Colville
  • Jessie Alexandra Dick
  • Lawren Phillips Harris
Awards/Recognition
  • Order of Canada, Elected Member
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Figure Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Exhibition of Museum
  • Agnes Etherington Art Centre
  • Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador/Museum
  • Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Edmonton Art Gallery/Art Gallery of Alberta
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, Ontario
  • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
  • Vancouver Art Gallery
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada

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