Joseph Purcell (Canadian 1927-2015)

Joseph Purcell (Canadian 1927-2015)

Winter landscape with figures walking through a village; Boats moored by fishing huts

Two, both signed JOSEPH PURCELL

Both watercolour heightened with bodycolour

Both 22.5 x 30cm (2)

Provenance:

Collection of Ian Murray;

And by descent

Ian Murray was born in Scotland in 1928, but as a young man fell in love with Canada, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1957. He was a great supporter of Canadian artists and an avid collector of their work. He was additionally a master mariner, owned a superb collection of cars, and socialised with Noel Coward, Ian Fleming, Princess Margaret and Elvis Presley, once purchasing a car with the latter.