Full Name Maurice Cullen Role Artist Nationality Canadian Education Academie Julian | Movement Impressionist Known for Painting Name Maurice Cullen | |
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Born 6 June 1866 ( 1866-06-06 ) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Awards Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1895 Died March 28, 1934, Chambly, Canada | ||
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (6 June 1866–28 March 1934) was a Canadian landscape artist born June 6, 1866, in St. John's, Newfoundland. who died March 28, 1934, at Chambly, Québec. Cullen was known for his winter landscapes.
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Life and work
In 1870 his family moved to Montreal, Quebec. He travelled to Paris at the age of 22 to study painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie Julian where he fell under the influence of the impressionists. In 1910 he married a widow whose son, his stepson, grew up to be the artist Robert Wakeham Pilot.
Beginning in January 1918, Cullen served with Canadian forces in the First World War. He came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as an "official war artist" along with Frederick Varley, J.W. Beatty and C. W. Simpson.
Exhibitions
Galerie L'Art français exhibited his works. Legacies of Impressionism in Canada: Three Exhibitions, January 31 to April 19, 2009 Vancouver Art Gallery
Honours
