Edward Berwyn Pulford (14 December 1914 – 4 November 1994) was a Canadian painter, including

watercolourist Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin 'water'), is a painting method"Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to the S ...

. Ted Pulford was born in

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

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, on 14 December 1914 of Welsh emigrant parents and died 11 April 1994. Although he was interested in painting at an early age he did not undertake formal training until 20 years of age when he studied with

Ernest Lindner Ernst Friedrich Lindner LL. D. (1 May 1897 – 4 November 1988) was an Austrian-born Canadian painter. He moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1926, where became a self-taught commercial artist. He soon was recognized locally and then nationally ...

at the Saskatoon Technical Collegiate. It was from Lindner that Pulford developed his love of watercolour. Pulford joined the

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in 1940, serving in North Africa, India and Ceylon before returning to Canada in 1945. He enrolled at

Mount Allison University Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839. Mount Allison was the first university in the British Empire to award a baccal ...

where he studied fine arts under Thomas R. MacDonald and Christian McKiel, followed by

Lawren P. Harris Lawren Phillips Harris L.L. D. (October 10, 1910April 24, 1994) was a Canadian painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, printmaker, muralist, and art educator. He was known for the highly precise style and disciplined execution of his war art, port ...

and

Alex Colville David Alexander Colville (August 24, 1920 – July 16, 2013) was a Canadian painter and printmaker. Early life and war artist David Alexander Colville was born on August 24, 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, the second son of Scottish immigrant D ...

. He graduated with a

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degree in 1949 and was immediately offered a position on the teaching staff of the university's Department of Fine Arts. Although Pulford received honours for his works in both oils and watercolours in the 1950s, from 1960 until his retirement he turned exclusively to watercolours. Pulford was one of a trio of teachers with

and

that defined the Mount Allison Fine Arts department during the post-war era, and its outsized impact on Canadian art and the development of Maritime realism. As the longest-serving member of the trio, his influence on the graduates of the program was the most extensive.

Christopher Pratt John Christopher Pratt (December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022) was one of Canada's most prominent painters and printmakers.

referred to him as the "guru of technique". He influenced generations of artists, including Hugh Mackenzie, D. P. Brown, Mary Pratt, Christopher Pratt, Roger Savage, Nancy Stevens, Tom Forrestall, and Stephen Scott. He maintained a classical approach to studio course teaching, contributing to the department's reputation for teaching realism. For the next 30 years under a heavy teaching load, he sought to develop as an artist. During his years at Mount Allison he was also actively involved with the RCAF Squadron (1953–1963), where he organized and conducted winter training programs and served as commanding officer (1961–1963). He retired from teaching in the Spring of 1980. In May 1983, Mount Allison University conferred on him an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, the first such to be conferred by Mount Allison.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pulford, Ted Place of death missing 1914 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Canadian educators 20th-century Canadian male artists 20th-century Canadian painters Academic staff of Mount Allison University Artists from New Brunswick Artists from Saskatoon Canadian male painters Canadian watercolourists Mount Allison University alumni