Walter Pranke (Czechoslovakia/Canada, b. 1925)
‘Nouvelle Ecosse’ (Nova Scotia), 1950s
oil on artistboard
(actual): 10” high x 11 7/8”
(framed): 14 ¾” high x 16 ¾”
Pranke’s distinct expressive style depicts a Nova Scotia Harbour at first light. A small grouping of colourful stages and and dory’s flank a narrow inlet, the blue sky opening outwards to the ocean beyond.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: PRANKE, Walter (1925- ). Born in the former Czechoslovakia, Pranke studied at the Dresden Art Academy; with Scott in Utah (1945); and in Hanover and Dusseldorf, Germany (1947). He came to Montreal, Quebec in 1955, before settling in Ottawa, Ontario in 1981. Working in oil and ink, he paints Old Montreal and Old Quebec City as well as the Laurentian landscape especially in winter.
