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Joseph Douglas Purcell

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   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3432 characters.]  Artist bio

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