The chalk & the easel : the life and work of Stanford Perrott / Maxwell L. Foran.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Foran, Maxwell.

Contributor:

• Perrott, Stanford.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Perrott, Stanford.
• Artists--Alberta--Biography.
• Artists as teachers--Alberta--Biography.
• Artists as teachers.
• Artists.
• Alberta.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 102 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm

Other Title:

Chalk and the easel

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2001]

Summary:

This beautifully illustrated volume presents a celebration of the life and work of Stanford Perrott, Alberta watercolourist and art educator. Max Foran traces the significant influence of Stanford Perrott on the Alberta art scene through fifty years of teaching and painting. A brilliant educator at the Alberta College of Art (and its predecessor within the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology), Perrott spent thirty-seven years guiding a generation of Alberta artists. Under his inspiring tutelage, young painters learned to challenge the boundaries of colonialism and to embrace new artistic visions and expressions. Foran explores with sensitivity Perrott's inner conflict as he sought to balance his own creative energies as a master watercolourist with his chosen role as a teacher, mentor and champion of Alberta's burgeoning artistic community. Generously enhanced with many photographs and reproductions, The Chalk and the Easel is both an exploration of Stanford Perrott's enduring personal legacy and an important contribution to the field of visual arts and education in Alberta.

Contents:

• Part A The Teacher 1
• 1. The Early Years, 1917-35
• 2. Art Student, 1935-39
• 3. Teacher Training and the Turner Valley Years, 1940-46
• 4. Early Teaching Years, 1946-54
• Part B The Painter 31
• 1. The Early Years
• 2. With Hofmann and Barnet, 1954-55
• 3. The Post-Hofmann Years
• 4. Painting in Retirement
• Part C The Man 67
• 1. Teaching and Administration, 1955-74
• 2. Perrott and the Alberta College of Art
• 3. In Retirement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-98) and index.

ISBN:

1552380254

OCLC:

45436985