To recognize Indigenous Veterans Day (Nov 8) and Remembrance Day (Nov 11), we respectfully present our featured artwork, Soldiers/Penn Station by Stanford Perrott.
We honour the memory and legacy of fallen Canadians, veterans, and current service members who have served our country in times of war and peace.
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Stanford Perrott
Soldiers/Penn Station, 1955
ink and wash on paper
Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
About the artist
Influential Albertan art educator and master watercolourist, Stanford Perrott, was born March 11, 1917 in Claresholm, Alberta. Perrott attended the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, where he studied under the tutelage of Marion Nicoll. Perrott came back to the Institute of Technology and Art in 1946, to teach and from 1967 to 1974, he was the Head of the College.
In the 1960s, Perrott was instrumental in convincing the Provincial Government that the art section of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art needed its own building. Thanks to the hard work of Perrott and his associates, the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) became a reality. Perrott spent approximately 40 years teaching young adults with his unconventional teaching methods. Perrott’s collection ranges from traditional realist watercolour paintings to large mid-century abstract work.