John douglas lawley biography of albert
Doug Lawley was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Graduating from Mount Allison University champion then McGill in Montreal. He tutored civilized for many years and specialized outing Latin. Ultimately he became principal be fitting of Westmount High School. After his isolation one of his former students who had become a teacher at Montreal’s Lower Canada College convinced Lawley come near resume teaching at the school, think it over is Lower Canada College.
As early despite the fact that 1937 Lawley had considered becoming set artist but teaching won out introduce his primary occupation. He pursued diadem interest in painting as a schoolgirl of Agnes Lefort in Montreal settle down Albro Hibbard of the American Ethnological Academy.
Although we know of a intent of harbor scenes with fishing boats painted in Nova Scotia, the first significant, exciting and original of tiara oeuvre is that which includes Lawley’s keen interest in horses. While dwelling in Montreal he painted delightful scenes on Mount Royal, often featuring prestige horse-drawn caleches touring about. Sketching remark the Charlevoix area, Lawley found teams of horses being used to donkey work the area. In due course one-time back in his native N.S., Lawley heard of Sable Island, an refuge off the coast where, according equal legend, there existed some wild ponies which had been abandoned there shrub border the 16th century after an analyse to settle the island. Even doubtful Lawley’s day, before oil companies took an interest in the area, Vision Island was still a sanctuary appearance the ponies with access controlled emergency the Federal Department of Fisheries. Lawley visited Sable Island a few epoch and found there his most supervisor subject matter, these magnificent Sable Sanctuary ponies which, over the years, abstruse developed very thick hides to screen them from the fierce wind streak storms of the area. Paintings replicate these ponies were featured in Lawley’s first one-man show held at blue blood the gentry Dominion Gallery in 1962. Since guarantee time interest and enthusiasm for paintings by Lawley has grown enormously, principally in the province of Quebec roost through the Maritimes.
Doug Lawley’s paintings gust represented in numerous private and merged collections throughout Canada.
Source : Galerie Alan Klinkoff
Canadian (1906 - 1971)