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BENJAMIN
WEST
"SELF
PORTRAIT" (1738-1820)
BENJAMIN
WEST,
was
an
American
painter
of
historical
scenes and
portraits
and
a
leading
artist
of
his
time.
Born
in
1738
in
Pennsylvania
,
he
was
largely
self-taught.
After
painting
portraits in
Philadelphia
,
he
went
to
Italy
in
1759
and
acquired
a
classical
style of
painting
by
emulating
the
works
of
such
Italian
masters
as
Titian and
Raphael.
As
the
official
historical
painter
to
the
court
of
King
George
III,
and under
his
patronage,
he
was
commissioned
to
execute
portraits
of the
royal
family.
This
self-portrait
of
Benjamin
West
reveals
the
dress
and
fashion
of a
successful
young
gentleman.
The
background
is
dark
and
his
face
is in
half
shadow,
half
light,
emphasizing
his
fine
features.
His
elaborate
hat,
clothing
and
background
all
blend
to
draw
the
viewers
attention to
the
artist's
face.
Oil/Canvas
78.74
x
67.31
cm
Gift
of
Lord
Beaverbrook
(1879-1964)
Displayed
in
the
Uniacke
Room
at
The
Halifax
Club.
PORTRAIT
OF
A
HALIFAX
GENTLEMAN
VIEW
OF
DARTMOUTH
FERRY
TERMINAL
JOSEPH
PURCELL,
born
in
Halifax,
NS
in
1927, trained
at
The
Nova
Scotia
College
of
Art.
MOONLIGHT
ON
A
NOVA
SCOTIAN
FISHING
VILLAGE
LEONARD
CHARLES
LANE
was
born
in
Bristol in
1910.
In
1926,
he
moved
with
his
parents
to
Toronto
and
studied
art at
the
Ontario
College
of
Art.
During
World
War II,
he
served in
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
as
Chief
Engine
Room
Artificer
on
corvettes
and
destroyers.
He
did
not
paint
many
scenes
of life
in
the
Navy
as
it
was
the
sea and
its tranquil
aspects
that
attracted
his
interest.
Following
the
war
he
returned
to
his
job
at
the
Massey-Harris
company
for
a
short
time
before
deciding
to
make
a
full
time
commitment
to
painting.
He
and
his
wife,
Jean,
moved
to
Chester,
Nova
Scotia
where
he
started
his
career
as
a
marine
painter.
In
1953
the
Lanes
moved
to
Florida
which
resulted
in
the
expansion
of
his
reputation
and
sales
on
international
markets.
He
became
famous
for
his
trademark
ability
to
catch
the
effect
of
light
on
the
sea,
and
internationally
recognized
as
one
of
the
foremost
marine
painters
on
this
side
of
the
Atlantic.
His
paintings
are
in
the
collections
of
clients
all
over
the
world,
including
Her
Majesty
Queen
Elizabeth
II,
General
Motors
Corporation
and
the
United
States
Department
of
State.
In
this
work,
the
beauty
of
the
glimmer
of
moonlight
across
the
quiet
water
creates
a
mood
of
peaceful
intimacy
in
the
tiny
Nova
Scotia
Village.
LEONARD
LANE
(1910-1978)
Oil/canvas
66
x
91.4
cm
Displayed
in
the
Cunard
Room
at
The
Halifax
Club.
He is
best
known
for
his
beautiful
paintings
of
the
rugged
South
Shore
of
Nova
Scotia, especially
the area
around
the
picturesque
old
fishing
port
of
Lunenburg.
This has
been
his
home
since
shortly
after
he
left
college.
As
a
young
man
he
used
to
sail
with
the
schooners
out
of
Lunenburg
and
the
details
and
sketches
made
on
these
voyages
are
the
basis
for
his
paintings
of
the
long
departed
Banks
fishery.
This
view
is
of
The
Dartmouth
Ferry
Terminal,
on
the
Halifax
waterfront,
at
the
foot
of
George
Street,
showing
The
City
Hall,
the
Post
Office,
the
Fisherman’s
Market,
the
Clock
Tower,
and
the
DominionBuilding
(present
Art
Gallery
of
Nova
Scotia)
as
well
as
Citadel
Hill.
These
and
other
landmarks
form
a
beautiful
historical
and
picturesque
rendering
of
the
City
of
Halifax
in
the
mid-nineteen
fifties.
JOSEPH
PURCELL
(b.1927)
Oil/board,
60.96
x
91.44
cm
Gift
of
Sydney
C.
Oland,
1956
Displayed
in
the
Morrow
Room
at
The
Halifax
Club.
WILLIAM
VALENTINE
was
born
in
1798
at
Whitehaven,
Cumberland
,
and
emigrated
to
Halifax,
Nova
Scotia
in
1818.
In
1836,
he
traveled
to
London
to
study
art,
but
otherwise
he
was
self-taught.
He
advertised
as
a
portrait
and
landscape
painter
and
as
a
teacher
of
drawing
and
painting
and
worked
chiefly
as
an
itinerant
portraitist,
traveling
throughout
the
Maritimes.
This
Painting
was
likely
completed
in
the
1830's
or
1840's
and
portrays
an
unidentified
Halifax
gentleman.
As
was
the
style
of
the
day,
the
portrait
is
a
bust,
the
sitter
facing
three-quarters
to
the
viewer,
and
the
dark
clothing
and
background
blending
into
one.
Halifax
Gentlemen
must
have
been
one
of
his
better
paintings
because
the
work
displays
the
dignity,
authority
and
sureness
of
execution
found
in
the
portraits
by
the
established
masters.
WILLIAM
VALENTINE
(1798-1849)
Oil/Canvas
76.2
x
70
cm
Displayed
in
the
Uniacke
Room
at
The
Halifax
Club.
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