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Joseph Douglas Purcell (1927 - 2015) was active/lived in Nova Scotia / Canada. Joseph Purcell is known for Marine-sailing vessel and harbor painting, murals.
Joseph Douglas Purcell is a painter and muralist. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and has lived in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia since 1953.
His primary medium is watercolor; however, he has worked in oil, mixed mediums and fresco. The Atlantic coastal region is the source of most of his subjects such as: sailboats, harbors, fishing, seascapes, landscapes, farmhouses, country lanes, street scenes, rivers, and genre*, etc. He's also completed a large body of work documenting the Nova Scotia gold mining industry. His styles are Post-Impressionism*, Expressionism* and Fauvism*.
Purcell's formal art education includes three years at the Nova Scotia College of Art (now the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design), Halifax (c. late 1940s). He's been a professional artist since 1947 and has been exhibiting in prominent shows since at least 1945.
His works have been included in the spring exhibitions of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1945, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951) and w ...
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9 Book References for Joseph Douglas Purcell
Year
Author
Title
Pages
Color
2007
Cameron, J. E.
Stonehurst by the Sea
24
Yes
2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
479
No
2005
Davenport, Ray
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2421
No
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
250
No
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
622
No
1994
Paikowsky, Sandra
Nova Scotian Pictures: Art in Nova Scotia, 1940-1966 (Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax)
(Exhibition catalog)
48
No
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
417
No
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
448
No
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
3667
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