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In Memoriam: Tom Forrestall

Ongoing

5 December 2024 - 13 February 2025

Details

Start:
5 December 2024
End:
13 February

Works by

Tom Forrestall

Location

Main-floor
A rocky hill fills three-quarters of this painting. The stones, and one large prominent boulder, are interspersed with sparse dry grass, and stripped by racking light. At the top of the hill, to the right a tabby cat pounces towards a scattering of birds taking off in flight. The sky above is a muted, pale grey.

In Memoriam: Tom Forrestall

About this exhibition

This exhibition features a selection of Tom Forrestall’s (Mount Allison Class of ’58) works, all drawn from the Owens Collection.

About the Artist

Thomas DeVany Forrestall, C.M., O.N.S., B.F.A. LL.D., RCA is one of Canada’s leading realist artists. He was born in Middleton Nova Scotia, in 1936. In 1954, he was awarded a scholarship to the Fine Arts Department at Mount Allison University, where he studied with Lawren P. Harris, Ted Pulford, and Alex Colville. Graduating in 1958, he received one of the first Canada Council grants for independent study, which provided him with the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. Upon his return to Canada, he moved to New Brunswick with his family, where he became Assistant Curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Forrestall worked as a full-time artist since 1960, has been exhibited internationally, and his work is held in major public collections in Canada.

Image: Tom Forrestall, The Rock Pile, 1968, egg tempera on board. Gift of Lillian Schelew. Collection of the Owens Art Gallery.