Mary Pratt (painter)

Mary Frances Pratt CC (birth name: West) (born March 15, 1935 in Fredericton , New Brunswick , Canada , † August 14, 2018 ) was a Canadian painter who was best known for her still lifes .

Life

Mary Pratt was one of two daughters of a lawyer who in the years 1952 to 1958 Minister of Justice of the province was New Brunswick. She studied performing arts at Mount Allison University and graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts . During her studies she met her first husband, the artist Christopher Pratt. The couple married in 1958 and had four children in the years that followed. In 1964 the family moved to St. John's on the island of Newfoundland . In 1967 she had her first solo exhibition at Memorial University Art Gallery in St. John's. The couple separated in 1990.

Since the 1980s Pratt has written essays and articles for Canadian newspapers such as The Globe and Mail in Toronto and for Canadian magazines. Her work has been shown in Canada's major galleries and published in magazines.

Until her death in August 2018, Pratt was married to the American teacher and artist James Rosen.

Awards and honors

• 1996: Companion of the Order of Canada .
• 1997: Molson Prize from the Canada Council .
• 2007: Canada Post stamp set : domestic postage o.52 can. $ With the motif Jelly Shelf (1999) and international postage 1.55 can. $ With the motif Iceberg in the North Atlantic from 1991.
• 2013: Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts .

Collections with works by the artist

• National Gallery of Canada , Ottawa
• The Rooms , St John's, Newfoundland
• New Brunswick Museum, St. John , New Brunswick
• Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Vancouver Art Gallery , Vancouver , British Columbia
• Art Gallery of Ontario , Toronto , Ontario
• Canada House , London

Publications

• Mary Pratt: A Personal Calligraphy . Goose Lane, Fredericton, New Brunswick 2000, ISBN 0-86492-316-3 .
• Cynthia Berney Wine: Across the Table: An Indulgent Look at Food in Canada. Illustrated by Mary Pratt, Prentice Hall , Scarborough , Canada 1985, ISBN 0-13-003641-2 .

literature

• Tom Smart. The Art of Mary Pratt: The Substance of Light , Goose Lane Editions, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 1995.
• Patricia Deadman: Simple Bliss: The Paintings and Prints of Mary Pratt . Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 2004, ISBN 1-896470-48-3 .

Web links

• Molson Prize 1977 (en.) ( Memento from June 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Canadian Post (en.)